In Honor of Our Hero 1898 oakland_canvas Jefferson Davis 1857 — the

Jefferson Davis 1857 — the Mississippi senator captured mid-decade

and uplift

anoints the victor of Manila Bay

The 4th of July 1872 — a centennial-eve commemorative rendered in the language of a republic still nursing its wounds

In Honor of Our Hero 1898 oakland_canvas Jefferson Davis 1857 — theIn Honor of Our Hero 1898 a commemorative print issued in the flush of victory after Manila Bay and San Juan Hill, when the republic discovered it could mint heroes as quickly as it laid undersea cable. The reverence here is brassy, unembarrassed, the tribute of a nation newly persuaded of its own reach. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional