Parading PatriotismParading Patriotism covers a critical fifty year period in the nineteenth century when the American nation was starting to expand and cities across the Midwest were experiencing rapid urbanization and industrialization. Historian Adam Criblez offers a unique and fascinating study of five midwestern citiesChicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Indianapolisand how celebrations of the Fourth of July in each of them formed a microcosm for the