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Moritz von Schwind
Moritz von Schwind , 1804-71, Austrian historical painter and illustrator of the romantic school. Best known for the imagination and strength of his draftsmanship, Schwind created a gay world of dream figures. This air of fantasy was not fully realized in the monumental frescoes commissioned by the ... Read more
Benjamin West
Benjamin West 1738-1820, American historical painter who worked in England. He was born in Springfield, Pa., in a house that is now a memorial museum at Swarthmore College. After some instruction from a local artist named William Williams, he set up as a portrait painter in Philadelphia at 18, subs... Read more
Thomas Sully
Thomas Sully 1783-1872, American painter, b. England. Having come to the United States as a child, he first studied with his brother Lawrence, a miniaturist, and later for a brief time with Gilbert Stuart. During a year (1809-10) in England he came under the influence of Benjamin West and Sir Thoma... Read more
Louis Pierre Édouard Bignon
Louis Pierre Édouard Bignon , 1771-1841, French diplomat and historian. He held diplomatic posts under Napoleon, was acting minister of foreign affairs during the Hundred Days, and signed the surrender of Paris after Waterloo. A member of the chamber of deputies in the Restoration, he was (18... Read more
rebate
rebate partial refund of the total price paid for goods or services. In the United States, rebates were historically given by railroads to favored shippers as a return on transportation charges. The Elkins Act (1903), the Hepburn Act (1906), and the regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commissio... Read more
Governors Island
Governors Island 173 acres (70 hectares), in Upper New York Bay, S of Manhattan island, SE N.Y. Bought from the Native Americans by the Dutch in 1637, it was the site of an early New Netherlands settlement. The island received its name in 1698 (officially 1784), when the British set it aside as t... Read more
Los Alamos
Los Alamos , uninc. town (1990 pop. 11,455), seat of Los Alamos co., N central N.Mex. It is on a long mesa extending from the Jemez Mts. The U.S. government chose the site in 1942 for atomic research, and the first atomic bombs were produced there. In 1947 the Atomic Energy Commission took over the ... Read more
John Vanderlyn
John Vanderlyn , 1776-1852, American portrait and historical painter, b. Kingston, N.Y. Under the patronage of Aaron Burr he studied with Gilbert Stuart and in Paris. From 1796 to 1815 much of his life was spent in Paris and in Rome. He achieved a high reputation with such compositions as Marius am... Read more
Fort Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach city (1990 pop. 21,471), Okaloosa co., NW Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico; inc. 1941. It is a year-round beach and fishing resort east of Pensacola. Electronic equipment and small boats are made, and military aircraft are modified here. Nearby Eglin Air Force Base contributes signific... Read more
Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry former U.S. military post in Baltimore harbor; built 1794-1805. In the War of 1812 it was bombarded (Sept. 13-14, 1814) by a British fleet under Sir Alexander Cochrane, but the fort, commanded by Maj. George Armistead, resisted the attack. Its defense inspired Francis Scott Key to wr... Read more

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George Caleb Bingham
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Missouri politics led to many portrait commissions. Thus, during his lifetime he was best...the canvas. Political Paintings and Historical Works Most of Bingham's finest narrative...drinking or drunk. Binham's finest historical work is the Emigration of Daniel Boone...painting provoked by the injustice ... Read more
Capital Punishment
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...the federal government, and the U.S. military. The word capital comes directly from...injection as the preferred method. Historical interpretations of the Constitution...x201C;cruel and unusual” historically referred to punishments that were...around the country, prompting study commissions ... Read more
Gerard Ter Borch
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Germany, where he went to seek portrait commissions during the meetings that ended the 80...painting of the recording of an actual historical event. It includes more than 50 recognizable...early paintings were mainly scenes of military life, painted with great subtlety of... Read more
Volkogonov, Dmitry Antonovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...1995), Soviet and Russian military and political figure, historian...fate, Volkogonov entered military service in 1949 and rose...Estrangement from the military-political leadership precipitated...to the USSR Institute of Military History. There, while chief...chairing several parliamentary ... Read more
Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...Eisenstein's Russian films were state commissions, but Eisen-stein never joined the...was given the opportunity to make a historical film. Alexander Nevsky, a medieval military encounter between Russians and Germans...that portray Ivan as a great leader, historically destined to found the Russian ... Read more

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Ex Parte McCardle
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...having ended in 1865, despotic military occupation had continued across the Southern states, and military courts afforded no civil rights...and General E. O. C. Ord, the military commander of Mississippi. McCardle was tried before a military commission, which convicted...strongly limiting the ... Read more

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Military commissions, past and future.
Magazine article from: Military Review; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Bush authorized the use of military commissions to try non-U.S. citizens involved...Eldridge examine the role of military commissions in the U.S. Army's history...Kennedy was convicted by a military commission of spying and other...state while in disguise. A military commission ... Read more
Board sorry for its hasty approval; Historical Commission protests plans for garden, memorial on Town Common.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 12/21/2007; 434 words ; ...Selectmen met with the Westminster Historical Commission on Wednesday night...garden honoring all branches of the military was proposed by members of the...neglected to ask for input from the Historical Commission until just recently...hundreds of years. We are the Historical Commission and we're ... Read more
State agencies, boards and commissions.(GOVERNMENT)(Directory)
Magazine article from: New Hampshire Business Review; 7/20/2007; 700+ words ; ...GENERAL NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL GUARD STATE MILITARY RESERVATION 4 Pembroke Rd., Concord...271-2789 www.nh.gov/nharts DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES 19 Pillsbury St., 2nd FL...Lawrence--271-2789 www.nh.gov/nharts HISTORICAL RESOURCES COUNCIL Contact: Chairman Jason... Read more
RETHINKING FOREIGN POLICY : Lessons from Latin America.
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 6/4/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...American truth commissions are not just...Commission for Historical Clarification...Guatemalan military. President...and install a military government...mindless series of military massacres...Guatemalan military millions of...high-ranking military intelligence...Official ... Read more
Life and liberty. (letters).(Review)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/2/2002; ; 352 words ; ...President Bush's military order regarding...terrorism. Military commissions are one necessary...both true to historical precedent...of using military commissions. Most important...alternatives to military commissions--prosecutions...plans for military ... Read more
From the editor.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Military Review; 3/1/2003; ; 484 words ; ...meet military requirements. Military Review also continues its series...that support the two national military strategies to promote peace...necessary. Force projection is the military element of national power that systematically and rapidly moves military forces in response to ... Read more
War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Military Review; 5/1/2007; ; 492 words ; ...an indifferent reception among military professionals. However, once...analysis of wartime decisions, the military relevance emerges, and War by...Patriot Act to interrogations and military commissions. He discusses the danger of trying...with an in-depth discussion of military ... Read more
The Winter Soldiers.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Audiobook Review)
Magazine article from: Kliatt; 1/1/2005; ; 251 words ; ...Vinyl; plot notes. A In this exciting historical novel Kilworth has captured the essence...Social class was just as important in the military as it was on the streets of London. Commissions were purchased for the second sons of the... Read more
Secrets revealed: women victims of sexual violence as torture during Chile's era of political repression, 1973-1990.
Magazine article from: Women's Health Journal; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...of the 30-year commemoration of the military coup in Chile in 1973. The objective...a gender perspective to the nation's historical memory of the repression that occurred...rights organizations' criticism of these commissions and their respective reports,1 they... Read more
Producing truth: the politics of investigating past human rights violations in post-Communist states.
Magazine article from: World Affairs; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...POST-REPRESSIVE STATES Truth commissions--officially sanctioned...the absence of all-out military victory (Teitel 2003), but truth commissions vary greatly in shape...restorative functions of truth commissions by putting all social...Schmitter 1994; Hayner 2001). Commissions can also be ... Read more