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The Munsey Magazine, April 1909
Munsey's Magazine, April 1909 This issue features "Famous American Shrines" by Harry Thurston Peck, a historical-architectural essay surveying significant sites in American national memory. Peck examines how nineteenth-century Americans initially overlooked their historic landmarks in favor of industrial achievements, then traces their growing reverence for Revolutionary and founding-era monuments. The article catalogs major sites: the Old North Bridge at Concord, where the Minute-Men fired "the shot heard round the world" in 1775, accompanied by Emerson's celebrated poem; the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown; Plymouth Rock, where Pilgrim Fathers landed in 1620; Faneuil Hall in Boston, used for revolutionary meetings; Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Continental Congress met and the Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4, 1776; and the Colonial mansions—Mount Vernon (George Washington's residence), Monticello (Thomas Jefferson's home near Charlottesville). Peck emphasizes these sites' historical associations and their architectural preservation, detailing visits from distinguished figures including the Prince of Wales and Abraham Lincoln.