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	Hyacinthe Rigaud Hyacinthe Rigaud (Hyacinthe Rigaud y Ros) , 1659-1743, French portrait painter, b. Perpignan. From 1688 he became almost exclusively the official painter of the French court. His sitters included most of the royal family and distinguished visitors at Versailles. Much of his portrait style is based... Read more
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	Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery 420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables including Presidents William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy, Gen. John J. Pershing, and Admiral Robert E. Peary are... Read more