Congressional Gold Medals 1776 2010

Author : Matthew Eric Glassman
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781437984552

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Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2010 by Matthew Eric Glassman Pdf

Senators and Representatives are frequently asked to support or sponsor proposals recognizing historic events and outstanding achievements by individuals or institutions. Among the variousforms of recognition that Congress bestows, the Congressional Gold Medal (CGM) is the most distinguished. Through this venerable tradition, the occasional commissioning of individually struck gold medals in its name, Congress has expressed public gratitude on behalf of the nation for distinguished contributions for more than two centuries. This report discusses the nature, history, and contemporary application of the process for awarding CGM, and includes a historical examination and chronological list of these awards. This is a print on demand report.

Author : Eric R. Caubarreaux
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1497316820

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Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal by Eric R. Caubarreaux Pdf

Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal represents a definitive historical account of authorized Congressional Gold Medals from 1776 to 1900. Each medal is pictured in color with an obverse and reverse view along with brief biographical information on notable recipients. A Congressional Gold Medal is designed by the United States Mint to specifically commemorate the person and achievement for which the medal is awarded.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437929065

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Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2009 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Craig Bruce Smith
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469638843

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American Honor by Craig Bruce Smith Pdf

The American Revolution was not only a revolution for liberty and freedom, it was also a revolution of ethics, reshaping what colonial Americans understood as "honor" and "virtue." As Craig Bruce Smith demonstrates, these concepts were crucial aspects of Revolutionary Americans' ideological break from Europe and shared by all ranks of society. Focusing his study primarily on prominent Americans who came of age before and during the Revolution—notably John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington—Smith shows how a colonial ethical transformation caused and became inseparable from the American Revolution, creating an ethical ideology that still remains. By also interweaving individuals and groups that have historically been excluded from the discussion of honor—such as female thinkers, women patriots, slaves, and free African Americans—Smith makes a broad and significant argument about how the Revolutionary era witnessed a fundamental shift in ethical ideas. This thoughtful work sheds new light on a forgotten cause of the Revolution and on the ideological foundation of the United States.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 1976 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular Vaudeville Performers by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Paula E. Calvin,Deborah A. Deacon
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780786486755

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American Women Artists in Wartime, 1776Ð2010 by Paula E. Calvin,Deborah A. Deacon Pdf

For generations, men have left their homes and families to defend their country while their wives, mothers and daughters remained safely at home, outwardly unaffected. A closer examination reveals that women have always been directly impacted by war. In the last few years, they have actively participated on the front lines. This book tells the story of the women who documented the impact of war on their lives through their art. It includes works by professional artists and photographers, combat artists, ordinary women who documented their military experiences, and women who worked in a variety of types of needlework. Taken together, these images explore the female consciousness in wartime.

Author : Benjamin S. Schoening,Eric T. Kasper
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739172995

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Don't Stop Thinking About the Music by Benjamin S. Schoening,Eric T. Kasper Pdf

In this insightful, erudite history of presidential campaign music, musicologist Benjamin Schoening and political scientist Eric Kasper explain how politicians use music in American presidential campaigns to convey a range of political messages. From “Follow Washington” to “I Like Ike” to “I Got a Crush on Obama,” they describe the ways that song use by and for presidential candidates has evolved, including the addition of lyrics to familiar songs, the current trend of using existing popular music to connect with voters, and the rapid change of music’s relationship to presidential campaigns due to Internet sites like YouTube, JibJab, and Facebook. Readers are ultimately treated to an entertaining account of American political development through popular music and the complex, two-way relationship between music and presidential campaigns.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 2268 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Agnostics by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 3197 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winners by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Kee Malesky
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780470882016

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All Facts Considered by Kee Malesky Pdf

For the bestselling miscellany market, an NPR librarian's compendium of fascinating facts on history, science, and the arts How much water do the Great Lakes contain? Who were the first and last men killed in the Civil War? How long is a New York minute? What are the lost plays of Shakespeare? What building did Elvis leave last? Get the answers to these and countless other vexing questions in a All Facts Considered. Guaranteed to enlighten even the most seasoned trivia buff, this treasure trove of "who knew?" factoids spans a wide range of intriguing subjects. Written by noted NPR librarian Kee Malesky, whom Scott Simon has called the "source of all human knowledge" Answers questions on history, natural history, science, religion, language, and the arts Packed with valuable nuggets of information, from the useful to the downright bizarre The perfect gift for every inquiring mind that wants to know, All Facts Considered will put you at the center of the conversation as you show off your essential store of inessential yet irresistible knowledge.

Author : Ernie Gross,Roland H. Worth, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786448395

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This Day in American History, 4th ed. by Ernie Gross,Roland H. Worth, Jr. Pdf

This up-to-date fourth edition of the most important and interesting data--on a day by day basis--throughout American history includes more than 1,400 new entries with information on a wide variety of subjects--both the "important" matters (Supreme Court decisions, war events, scientific breakthroughs, etc.) and the lesser known but thought provoking incidents and phenomena (societal changes, unexpected events) that add richness and depth to American history.

Author : Thomas E. Luebke
Publisher : Us Commission of Fine Arts
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822038761631

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Civic Art by Thomas E. Luebke Pdf

"From an incomplete composition of brick buildings and informal gardens into an ordered landscape of white classical temples, the image of Washington, D.C., was transformed by visionary planning and implementation in response to the political and artistic movements of the early twentieth century. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts was created by Congress in 1910 as an independent design review agency to guide the ongoing work of representing national ideals in the design of the capital city ... This comprehensive history explores the evolving role of the Commission of Fine Arts in the context of the artistic, social, and political circumstances that fostered the commission's creation and the subsequent trends that have informed its decisions."--Description from dust jacket.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 2149 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular Deaths from Pneumonia by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 3757 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular 20Th-century American Politicians by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 2555 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Autobiographers by Wikipedia contributors Pdf