General Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 framed_fresno_art the republic remembered as a

the republic remembered as a single crowded room

Origin and History of the Stars and Stripes 1899 traces the banner from its earliest cantons and crude field-stitched stripes to the standardized flag of a reunited republic

William Cabell Rives

and Franklin bent over the parchment

A Nation's Pride

General Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 framed_fresno_art the republic remembered as aGeneral Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 renders Old Rough and Ready astride the Mexican highlands, where outnumbered American volunteers held Santa Anna's columns and turned a desperate February stand into the lithograph that would carry Zachary Taylor straight to the White House. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical