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Defining Moments
No matter the struggle, the United States has a long history of weathering the storm and coming back stronger than ever. Here is a look at some defining moments in our collective history.
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SJD321926 Barack Obama (digital) by Scott J. Davis (Contemporary Artist), Private Collection
NRM259549 Electric filament, 1879 (glass & wood) by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), Science Museum, London, UK
XJL186948 The first landing of Christopher Columbus (1450-1506) in America, 1862 (oil on canvas) by Dioscoro Teofilo de la Puebla Tolin (1832-1901), Ayuntamiento de Caruna, Spain
SNG175657 The March on Washington: A View from the Reflecting Pool, 28th August 1963 (b/w photo) by Nat Herz (1920-64), Private Collection /Barbara Singer
RVI235968 The mushroom cloud created by the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, as viewed from 500 metres above the city, 6th August 1945 (b/w photo) by Japanese Photographer (20th century), Private Collection/ Roger-Viollet, Paris
PNP246194 Sacagawea with Lewis and Clark during their expedition of 1804-06 (colour litho) by Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), Private Collection/ Peter Newark American Pictures
LAL295170 The Boston Tea Party by English School (20th century), Private Collection/ Look and Learn
PNP329553 Man selling his car, following the Wall Street Crash of 1929 (b/w photo) by American Photographer (20th century), Private Collection/ Peter Newark American Pictures
KW280651 Signature of John Hancock (litho) by American School (18th century), Private Collection/ Ken Welsh
SSI234827 The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903 (colour litho) by American School (20th century), Private Collection
XCF22523 Signing the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776 (oil on canvas) by John Trumbull (1756-1843), Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
RVI237787 Footprint on the moon, during the first moon landing, 20th July 1969 (b/w photo), Private Collection/ Roger-Viollet, Paris
STC306607 Alexander Graham Bell making the first phone call between New York and Chicago, 1892 (b/w photo) by American Photogapher (19th century), Private Collection/ The Stapleton Collection
PNP248862 Eli Whitney's (1765-1825) Cotton Gin, operated by black slaves, 1793 (colour litho) by American School (18th century), Private Collection/ Peter Newark American Pictures