Title
A Different Sort of Park: Interpreting POW Experiences at Andersonville National Historic Site
Class Year
2019
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
Summer 8-11-2017
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
Unlike many other historic sites, Andersonville does not fit neatly into any one box. It is not a battlefield, although we still interpret the experience of soldiers and the ideas they fought for. It is not a historic home or building; the only original parts of the site left are earthworks. Andersonville is a Civil War site but tells a story common to every war. Andersonville National Cemetery contains the remains of American soldiers from every American war except for 1812. Unlike any other National Cemetery entrusted to the National Park Service (except for Andrew Johnson National Historic Site) Andersonville is an active cemetery. Andersonville does not have just one story to tell but rather many different narratives throughout different time periods. It quickly becomes difficult to cover this wide range of topics in a relatively short public program.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Knight, Andrew, "A Different Sort of Park: Interpreting POW Experiences at Andersonville National Historic Site" (2017). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 218.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/218
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.