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This wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in New York City has quotations engraved into glass from soldiers sent to their families, from family members to soldiers, and from important public figures during the time.

The article details the plans which have went into the original planning of Central Park, or “the Greensward plan,” and the eventual execution of said plan.

This is an American patriotic song about the attack on Pearl Harbor that drew the United States into World War II. It was written by Frank Loesser and published as sheet music in 1942. The song is based on stories of a military chaplain that…

A book by 'demonologist' Francis Barrett. It details various occult practices, beliefs, and rituals related to demons, including different runes for summoning specific demons, artistic renderings of said demons, and what purpose they can serve. This…

This is a photograph that provides a view of the inside of the High Street Kensington Station at the time of its last phases of construction. A locomotive is shown to be situated on this terminal's railway track. This is one of the stations that had…

This bold and bright poster presents two different scenes of leisure made more widely available by the railway. The artist has selected a range of vivid colors, a choice made possible by the growing availability of lithographic printing. The poster…

In the book, A Knights Tale, a knight writes to his children the night before battle to explain the important values of life. He addresses his children with the values that all humans must know such as solitude, friendship, forgiveness, cooperation.…

This painting depicts the aftermath of the failed potato crop, resulting in the eviction of a family from their farm and home. The young man looks back at his home that he has just been evicted from with his family surrounding him. This eviction is…

This first edition of Ernest Hemingway's "In Our Time" is a re-bound novel encased in a boring, black hardcover. This text is Ernest Hemingway's first collection of short stories, and the history behind the publication of this collection is…

Here is the fountain in the Bethesda Terrace, one of, if not, my favorite places in Central Park to go. The actual name of the fountain is ‘Angel of the Waters.’ The statue was designed by Emma Stebbins in 1868 and revealed in 1873. According to…