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Gilded Horse and Valor Figure at Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — The gilded horse and the shield-bearing figure of Valor rise against a clear sky at the Arlington Memorial Bridge approach in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. Valor belongs to The Arts of War, a gilded-bronze equestrian group near the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, managed by the National Park Service as part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Leo Friedlander designed the group, which was cast in Milan in 1949–50 and given by Italy as a Marshall Plan–era gift. President Harry Tru-stock-foto
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Valor Gilded Statue at Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — The gilded figure of Valor, shield at her side and gaze fixed forward, stands beside her horse at the Washington end of Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. The sculpture group belongs to The Arts of War, one of four gilded-bronze equestrian groups at the bridge approach near the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, and is managed by the National Park Service as part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Leo Friedlander designed The Arts of War, which pairs Valor with a sec-stock-foto
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Bearded Rider Mars of Sacrifice Statue at Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — The bearded rider of Sacrifice looks down from his gilded horse at the Arlington Memorial Bridge approach in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. Leo Friedlander's figure represents Mars, the nation's manpower, in a group meant to personify the defensive power of the United States at the gateway to Arlington National Cemetery. Sacrifice forms half of The Arts of War, which stands near the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall and is managed by the National Park Service as part of the George-stock-foto
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Arlington Memorial Bridge Arches with Arlington House in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — Granite arches of Arlington Memorial Bridge lead toward the Virginia shore of the Potomac River, where Arlington House stands on the hill above Arlington National Cemetery. Each water arch is carved with Carl Paul Jennewein's eagle medallions. A bison-head keystone by Alexander Phimister Proctor crowns each arch. The pylons at the Arlington end are topped by 8-foot (2.4 m) eagles.-stock-foto
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Arlington Memorial Bridge and Arlington House in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — Arlington Memorial Bridge crosses the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., toward the eagle-topped pylons of the Virginia approach, with Arlington House on the hill beyond. The architects McKim, Mead and White aligned the bridge, built 1926–1932, on the sight line between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington House, a symbolic link joining Lincoln to Lee and North to South after the Civil War. Carl Paul Jennewein designed the pylon eagles.-stock-foto
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Berlin Wall Signature Segment in a Glass Case in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — The Signature Segment of the Berlin Wall stands in a glass case beside the monumental stairs at the National Museum of American Diplomacy in Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. The 13-foot-tall (4 m), nearly three-ton (2.7 metric tons) segment is painted in red with "Wir sind das Volk," German for "We are the people," and carries 27 signatures, including those of Helmut Kohl, George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. German President Joachim Gauck, one of the signers, handed it to Secretary of State-stock-foto
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Berlin Wall Signature Segment at the National Museum of American Diplomacy in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — Signatures of political leaders cover the Signature Segment of the Berlin Wall on display at the National Museum of American Diplomacy in Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. The 13-foot-tall (4 m), nearly three-ton (2.7 metric tons) concrete segment carries 27 signatures, among them German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Closer views show the signatures of Angela Merkel, Brent Scowcroft and Hans-Dietrich Gensc-stock-foto
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Washington Monument Behind the Jefferson Memorial Dome in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — The Washington Monument rises behind the marble dome of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, with the monument in sharp focus, on the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. The Washington Monument, a National Park Service memorial, honors George Washington on the National Mall. Robert Mills designed the obelisk, and Lt. Col. Thomas Lincoln Casey of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed it. Workers set the capstone on December 6, 1884, and the monument was dedicated on Feb.-stock-foto
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Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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A Bloody Mary Cocktail on a table at Historical Fraunces Tavern Museum and Restaurant, 54 Pearl Street, NYC, 2026-stock-foto
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George Washington Custis Lee at Confederate Reunion Parade in Richmond, Virginia, June 3, 1907-stock-foto
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Little Bighorn Drawings at the American Indian Museum | WASHINGTON — A muslin drawing of the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Red Horse, a Minneconjou Lakota warrior, hangs beside beaded Lakota garments inside the National Museum of the American Indian, in a photo made Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. The Smithsonian museum stands on the National Mall at Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW in Washington, D.C. Red Horse created the 1881 drawings in graphite, colored pencil and ink for the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, depicting the warriors, military regalia and spiritual emblems-stock-foto
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Nation to Nation Treaty Exhibit at the American Indian Museum | WASHINGTON — Visitors explore the "Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations" exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2026. A woven wampum-inspired ring, suspended from the ceiling in purple and white bands, anchors the circular gallery, which opened in 2014 for the museum's 10th anniversary and was guest-curated by Suzan Shown Harjo, a Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee advocate. Display cases in the "Serious Diplomacy" section examine treati-stock-foto
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The Washington Peace Medal, a gift from the American Revolutionaries to the Wabanaki Confederacy, a group of 5 Indigenous Nations, to mark a Treaty of Friendship, engraved with portrait of George Washington.-stock-foto
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Revolutionary War Cannon at Army Museum Fort Belvoir | FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A Revolutionary War-era six-pounder field gun known as the Byers Gun is displayed in the Founding the Nation gallery at the National Museum of the United States Army, photographed in 2026. The museum occupies the North Post of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, roughly 16 miles (26 kilometers) south of Washington, D.C. James Byers, an ordnance manufacturer, cast the bronze gun tube in Philadelphia between January and September 1777 at the request of Gen. George Washington, and it is one of only two marked America-stock-foto
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Washingtons Pistols at the Army Museum in Virginia | FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A pair of silver-mounted holster pistols owned by Gen. George Washington are displayed at the National Museum of the United States Army, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2026. The museum occupies the North Post of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, about 16 to 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. Washington kept four pairs of pistols at Mount Vernon at the time of his death on Dec. 14, 1799, and this pair passed by bequest to Martha Washington's grandson, George Washington Parke Custis. The flintlock pistols are on loan from the-stock-foto
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Revolutionary War Figures at the Army Museum in Virginia | FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Life-sized figures depicting camp follower Anna Maria Lane and her husband, Pvt. John Lane, greet visitors at the National Museum of the United States Army, photographed Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. The exhibit stands in the museum's Revolutionary War galleries on the North Post of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, south of Washington, D.C. Anna Maria Lane, one of the few documented women known to have fought in the war, was wounded at the Battle of Germantown in 1777 and later received a Virginia state pension f-stock-foto
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John Laurens Figure at the Army Museum in Virginia | FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A life-sized figure of Lt. Col. John Laurens stands on display at the National Museum of the United States Army, photographed Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. The exhibit is part of the Revolutionary War galleries on the North Post of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, roughly 16 miles south of Washington, D.C. Laurens, born into a wealthy Charleston, South Carolina, family, served as an aide-de-camp to Gen. George Washington and fought at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Savannah and Charleston. The son of a slave owner,-stock-foto
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Visitors in the Revolutionary War Gallery in Virginia | FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Visitors pass through the Revolutionary War galleries of the National Museum of the United States Army, photographed Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. The museum stands on the North Post of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, about 16 miles south of Washington, D.C. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the 185,000-square-foot, five-pavilion building, which opened to the public on Nov. 11, 2020, Veterans Day. Life-sized cast figures depicting camp follower Anna Maria Lane and Pvt. John Lane of the 3rd Continental Army stand-stock-foto
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A coloured lithograph titled 'Surrender of Cornwallis, at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781' portraying General Charles O'Hara (1740–1802) surrendering the sword of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805) to General George Washington (1732–1799) following the Siege of Yorktown. This victory for the combined American and French forces effectively ended major land operations during the American War of Independence. The print, published by Nathaniel Currier, features various figures including Banastre Tarleton (1754–1833), Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810), and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafa-stock-foto
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An engraving depicting the original Ferris Wheel, designed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859–1896), at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Intended as a rival to the Eiffel Tower of the 1889 Paris Exposition, the structure served as the landmark attraction of the Midway Plaisance and reached a height of approximately eighty metres. The wheel comprised thirty-six passenger cars, each designed to hold sixty passengers, and is depicted here surrounded by dense crowds of spectators amidst the fair's various international pavilions. 1893.-stock-foto
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A lithograph depicting the Centennial International Exhibition held at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. The expansive grounds feature the Machinery Hall and the Main Exhibition Building as the primary architectural focal points in the centre. In the foreground, a diverse crowd of visitors, including those on horseback and in carriages, navigate the fairgrounds. The upper portion of the composition displays an allegorical representation of United States history within the clouds, featuring the arrival of Christopher Columbus (c.1451–1506), William Penn (1644–1718) negotiating with Indigenous peo-stock-foto
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An oil painting depicting George Washington (1732-1799) as a Colonel of the Virginia Regiment, the earliest known portrait of the future first President of the United States. Painted by Charles Willson Peale at Mount Vernon, the work shows Washington in the uniform he wore during the French and Indian War, consisting of a dark blue coat with red facings, a red waistcoat, and a silver gorget. Commissioned for his wife, Martha, the portrait captures him at approximately forty years of age against a wooded landscape. 1772.-stock-foto
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A photograph depicting a rally of the German American Bund at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The stage features a massive portrait of George Washington (1732–1799) flanked by American flags and banners incorporating swastika symbols. Organised by Fritz Kuhn (1896–1951), the 'Pro-American' event was intended to demonstrate support for National Socialism in the United States while invoking the imagery of American founding fathers to a crowd of roughly 20,000 people. 1939.-stock-foto
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An engraving by George du Maurier (1834–1896) depicting Morris Townsend and Catherine Sloper in a scene from Henry James’s (1843–1916) novella ‘Washington Square’. The illustration captures Townsend’s indifferent reaction to Sloper’s embrace upon his discovery that her marriage to him would result in a significant loss of her father’s inheritance. 1880.-stock-foto
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A chromolithograph trade card advertising 'The Union Star Paste Stove Polish', featuring George Washington (1732–1799). Trade cards were a popular form of advertising in the 19th century, utilising chromolithography for vibrant prints. These advertisements often employed revered historical figures such as Washington to lend credibility and prestige to domestic products, symbolising the 'Triumph of Genius'. c.1850.-stock-foto
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A detailed historic plaque outlines the history of the Maryland State House, which served as the temporary United States Capitol.-stock-foto
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National Military Monument at Dawn near Lincoln Memorial | WASHINGTON — The National Military Monument glows on Lincoln Memorial Plaza near the Lincoln Memorial at predawn, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. The temporary installation stands on the National Mall in the shadow of the memorial, in the National Capital Region managed by the National Park Service. USAA, the San Antonio-based financial services company, presented the flag-shaped tribute for the America250 semiquincentennial, opening to the public July 28, 2026. Two curved stone structures, each about 18 feet (5.5 m) tall, carry 528 LED scre-stock-foto
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Illuminated Stars on the National Military Monument in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — Illuminated stars line the National Military Monument on Lincoln Memorial Plaza at dawn on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. USAA installed the flag-shaped structure on the National Mall for the America250 semiquincentennial, its curved stripes formed from 528 LED screens scrolling the names of more than 41 million American service members. Each star marks a state admitted to the Union, echoing the field of a traditional American flag. The names, drawn from federal and veteran records, scroll in era order from George W-stock-foto
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Runner Passing National Military Monument at Dawn in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — A runner passes the National Military Monument on Lincoln Memorial Plaza at predawn, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. The temporary tribute stands beside the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, within the National Capital Region overseen by the National Park Service. USAA, the military-focused financial services company, installed the flag-shaped monument for the America250 semiquincentennial, opening to the public July 28, 2026. Two curved structures rise about 18 feet (5.5 m) tall, each fitted with LED screens that-stock-foto
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Lincoln Memorial Flanked by Illuminated Flags in Washington DC | WASHINGTON — Illuminated flag structures of "The National Military Monument" frame the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in early morning light, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. USAA installed the pair on Lincoln Memorial Plaza, each rising 18 feet (5.5 m) beside the memorial's east steps. The 528 LED screens scroll names in era order, from George Washington to the Unknown Soldier, drawn from federal and public service records. The tribute marks the America250 semiquincentennial and ran from July 28 through an extension to Nov. 12,-stock-foto
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