The Military and Historical Portrait Group, 19th Century patent Woodmen of the World Father

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a denominational census rendered in the grave decorum of post-war American religion

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The Military and Historical Portrait Group, 19th Century patent Woodmen of the World FatherThe Military and Historical Portrait Group, 19th Century assembles the engraved faces of a long century generals in epaulets, statesmen in high collars, the republic's familiar pantheon arranged shoulder to shoulder as if convened for a single sober daguerreotype of national memory. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and