Whitewashing Blackface and Whistling Dixie : The Commemoration of Dan EmmettMain MenuAbout the AuthorAbout the AuthorIntroduction: Birth of a ProjectPart 1: Understanding Dan EmmettPart I: Understanding Dan EmmettPart 2: Preserving Dan Emmett's Memory, 1895-1935Covers early efforts to commemorate Dan Emmett and Dixie by Mount Vernon locals and southern Confederate heritage groupsPart 3: "A Way of Life In Knox County": Constructing Civic Identity around Dan Emmett and DixieExplores Mount Vernon commemoration of Emmett from the 1940s through the 1970sPart 4: Debating and Defending the Legacy of Dan EmmettExplores the commemoration of Emmett--and challenges to it--in last forty years, as both Dixie and blackface minstrelsy have become clearer symbols of racismEpilogue: Coming Back into HistoryEpilogueMapping Emmett Commemoration in Mount VernonThis map shows the different sites where Dan Emmett and "Dixie" have been commemorated in Mount Vernon, from the early 20th century through today. It includes physical memorials, museums, and streets, schools, and businesses named in honor of EmmettSourcesRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Renee Romano
Postcard #2, Emmett Birthplace, 1912
1media/Birthplace Emmett postcard_thumb.jpg2020-10-22T13:39:15+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a83453911Postcard, Birthplace and Residence of Daniel Decatur Emmett, postmarked August 28, 1912plain2020-10-22T13:39:15+00:00card cow.com08-28-1912unkownPublic DomainVintage PostcardBirth Place And Residence Of Daniel Decatur Emmett Mount Vernon1912PostcardRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
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12020-10-22T14:19:54+00:00Dan Emmett Postcards12Postcard Gallery, Dan Emmett Postcardsgallery2021-03-31T15:44:35+00:00A local department store in Mount Vernon began selling postcards featuring drawings of Dan Emmett and his birth home just four years after his death. These early postcards reflect the early efforts to commemorate Emmett on the part of Mount Vernon locals. Later postcards would feature the memorial boulder gifted to Mount Vernon by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1931, seamlessly interconnecting the commemorative stream emerging locally with that coming from those seeking to promote the Confederacy.
