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Painting titled: "Washington as Statesman at the Constitutional Convention" oil on canvas by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1856; in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. (Note from museum) The painting represents George Washington's role as president of the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The normally reserved Washington urges passage of a new federal constitution, a draft of which he holds in his hands.
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Detail of a concept image of the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution. We the People
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Washington, D.C. locator map.
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Women casting their vote in New York City, c. 1920s. At Fifty-sixth and Lexington Avenue, the women voters showed no ignorance or trepidation, but cast their ballots in a businesslike way that bespoke study of suffrage."
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July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
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New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England
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Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
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Born March 26, 1749 • North Carolina
Died March 21, 1800 (aged 50) • Knoxville • Tennessee
Title / Office United States Senate (1796-1797), United States • governor (1790-1796), Tennessee
Role In Constitutional Convention
George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
American author, scientist, and statesman
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
United States statesman
Asher B. Durand: portrait of James Madison
James Madison
president of United States
Pinckney, Charles
Charles Pinckney
American statesman
Gouverneur Morris.
Gouverneur Morris
American statesman
John Rutledge
John Rutledge
American chief justice
James Wilson
James Wilson
United States statesman
Charles Willson Peale: Portrait of John Dickinson
John Dickinson
United States statesman
William Paterson
William Paterson
United States statesman
Rufus King
Rufus King
American statesman
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
American statesman
William Livingston, etching by A. Rosenthal, 1888, after a painting by an unknown artist
William Livingston
United States statesman
Roger Sherman, oil on canvas by Ralph Earl, c. 1775; in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. 164.1 × 126 cm.
Roger Sherman
American politician
Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth
chief justice of United States
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Jennings Randolph
United States statesman
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
vice president of United States
Mason, George
George Mason
United States statesman
Dayton, Jonathan
Jonathan Dayton
American politician
Wythe, George
George Wythe
American jurist