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A color photo of a painting that depicts smoke rising from a city in the background. La incendie du Cap Francais (1793). Courtesy Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_incendie_du_Cap_Francais_1793.jpg.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Umatac_Bay_and_Village,_Guam,_21_June_1945.jpg
A mockup of the Fat Man nuclear device. Courtesy wikimedia commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fat_Man_(replica_of_nuclear_bomb).jpg.
Purple-toned image of a stamp reading "ORDINANCE of 1787" along the bottom. The center is an image of the eastern half of the U.S. map, flanked by drawings of a man labeled "CUTLER" and a man labeled "PUTNAM." Courtesy Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordinance2_of_1787.jpg.
Black and white photo of a crowd of protestors holding up signs reading "Cut the BUDGET." The Westchester County Taxpayers Association, fresh from a successful campaign to reduce county taxes. "New York's Battle of the Budget," Nation's Business, 27 (Dec. 1939), 32. Courtesy of Hagley Museum and Library.
Black and white photo of a crowd surrounded by palm trees, looking at a large Hawaiian flag being lowered. On August 12, 1898, the flag of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi over ʻIolani Palace was lowered to raise the United States flag to signify annexation. Via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lowering_the_Hawaiian_flag_at_Annexation_ceremony_(PPWD-8-3-006).jpg.
Happy 4th of July
Molly Pitcher [i.e. Molly McCauley loading cannon at Battle of Monmouth, 1778]. Courtesy Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004672798/
Black and white drawing of a man labeled "Regents," swinging a mallet down toward an anvil with handcuffs on it labeled "Faculty."
"American Progress", John Gast, 1872. Via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Progress_(John_Gast_painting).jpg.
Color photo of a line of protestors. Antiwar protest against the Vietnam War in Washington D.C. Photograph by Leena A. Krohn, April 24, 1971. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vietnam_War_protest_in_Washington_DC_April_1971.jpg.
Three African American Civil Rights protesters and Woolworth's Sit-In, Durham, NC, Feb. 10, 1960, as part of a series of protests that led to the end of legal segregation. From the N&O Negative Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC. Photos taken by The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons, https://tinyurl.com/2zy6z5b3.
Black and white image featuring Ernest Hemingway between two large sailfish. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_author_Ernest_Hemingway_posing_with_sailfish_Key_West,_Florida.jpg
Black and white photo of feminists marching in the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of the nationwide Women’s Strike for Equality held on August 26, 1970. They hold banners that read "WOMEN DEMAND EQUALITY" and "GWU WOMEN'S LIBERATION." Courtesy Library of Congress.
Photo of a person holding a trans flag in front of an office building, facing away from the camera. Protest for Trans Rights, Humphrey Building, Washington, DC USA. June 13, 2020. Via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2020.06.13_Protest_for_Trans_Rights,_Washington,_DC_USA_165_47025_(50005218606).jpg.
Men walking with car in background
Conspectus of American Politics, 1880. Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana, PL.227739.1880.D05. Courtesy National Museum of American History, Washington D.C.