Admiral Dewey on the Bridge 1899 Jacksonville_wall Seward at the President's elbow

Seward at the President's elbow as the document changed what the country was fighting for

as if the Florida sun itself had soaked into the ink

with bunting and oratory

Robert Edward Lee 1877 — a posthumous likeness of the Confederate general issued seven years after his death at Lexington

the eyes carry the weight of orders given and men lost

Admiral Dewey on the Bridge 1899 Jacksonville_wall Seward at the President's elbowAdmiral Dewey on the Bridge 1899 a press image of the hero of Manila Bay at his command rail, freighted with the swagger of a navy that had just dismantled a Spanish fleet before breakfast. Empire wore a white uniform that year, and Dewey was its calm, mustachioed face. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the