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File Name	shades_mcm_0005b.jpg
Title	Its Memory Alone Remains Medal, detail
Alternate Title	Fort Sanders, reunion medal
Date	ca. 1895
Genre	Artifacts
Material/Technique	metal, cast and stamped; woven silk
Description	Cast and stamped round metal disk with the words "Fort Sanders. Its Memory Alone Remains" around the edge and the image of a large hill with United States flag in the center. The disk is attached to a red, white, and blue silk ribbon hanging from a stamped metal bar pin.
Historical note	Cast and stamped round metal disk with the words "Fort Sanders. Its Memory Alone Remains" around the edge and the image of a large hill with United States flag in the center. The disk is attached to a red, white, and blue silk ribbon hanging from a stamped metal bar pin.
Subject	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Reunions; Fort Sanders (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Theme	The Persistence of Memory
Story	Reunions and Tourism
Geographic Location	United States--Tennessee--Knoxville
Time period	1890-1899
Language	eng
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images , contact the Frank H. McClung Museum.
Credit line	Courtesy of Joan Markel, Frank H. McClung Museum University of Tennessee
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Contributing Institution	Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL	http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,189
Archival file	shades11/shades_mcm_0005b.jpg