Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: painting Museum Number: Annotation: Vanderlyn, Landing of Columbus Year: 1847

Credit: Wesleyan University Press Media type: gravestone Museum Number: Annotation: Elijah Sadd gravestone Year: 1756

Credit: Wesleyan University Press Media type: gravestone Museum Number: Annotation: Lt. John Hescy gravestone Year: 1689

Credit: University of New Hampshire Media type: gravestone Museum Number: Annotation: William Dickson gravestone Year: 1692

Credit: University of Pennsylvania Library Media type: engraving Museum Number: Year: 1598

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: LC-USZC2-2890 Year: 1848

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: Annotation: The slaughter of Huguenots (French Protestants) by Catholics at Sens, Burgundy in 1562 occurred at the beginning of more than thirty years of religious strife between French Protestants and Catholics. These wars produced numerous atrocities. The worst was the notorious St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in Paris, August 24,…

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: Year: 1773

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: Annotation: Shown here is a depiction of the murder by Irish Catholics of approximately one hundred Protestants from Loughgall Parish, County Armagh, at the bridge over the River Bann near Portadown, Ulster. This atrocity occurred at the beginning of the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Having held the Protestants as…

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: LC-USZ62-119892 Year: 1732