by Katharine Brennan | Apr 29, 2024
The Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg Address, which was a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19th, 1863, was one of the most memorable speeches in the history of the United States. The famous speech that starts “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers...
by Jadia Kershaw | Apr 29, 2024
This source comes from the New York Public Library Digital Collections and was published in 1843. The source addresses the man by the name of Benjamin Lay. To better understand this source, it is important to know the history of slavery in the United States. Slavery...
by Caroline Zoltek | Apr 29, 2024
The following sculpture encapsulates the image of Casimir Pulaski, who is described as “The Father of American Cavalry” [1]. This artistic piece was created by Henry Dmochowski Saunders in the year 1857. Saunders was a talented artist who created multiple artistic...
by James Tierney | Apr 29, 2024
American Progress, the 1872 painting by John Gast, is perhaps the most iconic portrayal of Manifest Destiny in the United States of America. Beginning with Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the young nation began to turn its eyesight towards westward...
by Genna Arduini | Apr 24, 2024
Frances Sargent Osgood was a woman with a true talent in poetry. The still portrait “Frances Sargent Osgood”[1] illustrates her uniquely and powerfully. The picture was created by the artist Alonzo Chappel. Chappel was one of the many artists involved in the evolution...