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Historical illustration titled “Washington Crossing the Delaware: The Night History Held Its Breath,” featuring George Washington standing in a boat with Continental Army soldiers, crossing an icy river beneath stormy skies and an early American flag.

Washington Crossing the Delaware: The Night His...

Emanuel Leutze painted it in 1851, Washington standing like a superhero general in a wooden boat, crossing an icy river with the Sun coming up, and the flag of a...

Washington Crossing the Delaware: The Night His...

Emanuel Leutze painted it in 1851, Washington standing like a superhero general in a wooden boat, crossing an icy river with the Sun coming up, and the flag of a...

Historical illustration titled “The Signing of the Declaration: The Day That Almost Didn’t Happen,” featuring colonial delegates reviewing documents by candlelight, the Declaration of Independence, quill pens, and Independence Hall.

The Signing of the Declaration: The Day that Al...

We picture it as a single dramatic moment, the Founders gathered in Philadelphia's Independence Hall, quills in hand, signing their names to the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776,...

The Signing of the Declaration: The Day that Al...

We picture it as a single dramatic moment, the Founders gathered in Philadelphia's Independence Hall, quills in hand, signing their names to the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776,...

Historical illustration titled “The Boston Tea Party: The Night the Harbor Ran Brown,” depicting colonists disguised as Native Americans dumping East India Company tea crates into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773.

The Boston Tea Party: The Night the Harbor Ran ...

Everyone knows the story. Colonists, fed up with British taxation, dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor on the night of December 16, 1773....

The Boston Tea Party: The Night the Harbor Ran ...

Everyone knows the story. Colonists, fed up with British taxation, dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor on the night of December 16, 1773....

Historical illustration titled “Patrick Henry: The Voice of Liberty Who Almost Silenced Himself,” featuring Patrick Henry in colonial attire, an early American flag, historic church, U.S. Constitution, and quill pen

Patrick Henry: The Voice of Liberty Who Almost ...

“Give me liberty, or give me death!” The words echo across two and a half centuries. We know the phrase. We know the man who shouted it. However, here is...

Patrick Henry: The Voice of Liberty Who Almost ...

“Give me liberty, or give me death!” The words echo across two and a half centuries. We know the phrase. We know the man who shouted it. However, here is...

Historical illustration titled “Betsy Ross: The Flag, the Legend, and What We Actually Know,” featuring Betsy Ross sewing an early American flag with 13 stars, colonial documents, and a candlelit workshop.

Betsy Ross: The Flag, the Legend, and What We A...

Many people imagine Betsy Ross creating the first American flag at George Washington's personal request, trimming the stars from a single fold of cloth. It is one of the most...

Betsy Ross: The Flag, the Legend, and What We A...

Many people imagine Betsy Ross creating the first American flag at George Washington's personal request, trimming the stars from a single fold of cloth. It is one of the most...

Historical illustration titled “Paul Revere: Three Riders and the Midnight That History Forgot,” featuring Paul Revere riding horseback with a glowing lantern through a colonial town beneath a full moon

Paul Revere: Three Riders and the Midnight That...

“Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote in 1861, eighty-six years after the fact. The poem is historic....

Paul Revere: Three Riders and the Midnight That...

“Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote in 1861, eighty-six years after the fact. The poem is historic....