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A Gathering of Nations
Images from McKenney & Hall's History of the Indian
Tribes of North America

"Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859) served as Commissioner
of Indian Affairs 1824-1830.  In that capacity he commissioned
and collected portraits of Native Americans for his Gallery in
the War Department.  Most of the portraits were painted by
Charles Bird King (1785-1862) in Washington, D.C.,
during visits of Native delegations. McKenney's goal was to
publish a record of vanishing peoples: portraits, biographical
sketches, and a history of North American Indians.  He
accomplished this in the first issue of
History of the Indian Tribes of North America, published in
three volumes between 1836 and 1844.
143 Native American portraits are preserved in McKenney &
Hall's monumental work."

Why is important?

"The History of the Indian Tribes of North America is a record of
vanishing peoples: portraits, biographical sketches, and a history
of North American Indians.  It is one of the finest and most
beautiful examples of hand-colored American lithography. 
 It is one of the earliest collections of Native American portraits. 
  Because most of the original portraits were destroyed in a fire
in the Smithsonian Institution in 1865 these images form the
only record not only of the individuals portrayed, but also of
important works of 19th Century American artists."
If you want to see Native people as they looked 200 years
ago, in their finest clothes, in their proud dignity, this is
the prime source.
Going in Art and Native Americans

Butterfly Nebula captured by the Hubble space telescope

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A vivdly restored Minoan fresco of the "Saffron Goddess"
Approximately 3,600 years old, it was discovered in the
prehistoric city of Akrotiri on Santorini (ancient Thera)
Greece.
source = Ancient Civilizations
Going in Ancient History and Art

All Things British Past And Present
by Gwynethe Bell

WWII RESISTANCE FIGHTER WHO HELPED DOWNED
ALLIED PILOTS....AUDREY HEPBURN...
Most people know her as a film actress, but she worked
with the resistance groups during WW2 to defeat the Nazis.
The 15-year-old Hepburn delivered a resistance newspaper.
"I stuffed them in my woolen socks in my wooden shoes, got
on my bike and delivered them," she said. Paper was in short
supply, you see, so each edition was printed on paper smaller
than a napkin. Hepburn's age and ability to speak English
made her uniquely qualified to avoid suspicion. So the
15-year-old future star could slip into an area of downed
Allied pilots to pass messages and bear food packages.
If she had been caught, though, it would have been disastrous.

WE SALUTE THE BRAVERY OF AUDREY HEPBURN.

This was in Belgium during World War Two 1940-1945.


Audrey at age 15.

Wow never knew this, what a
brave young woman she was.

Going in Women's History

Meteor Shower Calendar
2022-2023/24
"The meteor showers listed below are
the easiest to observe and provide
the most activity."
As of November 2017, 2023:
When is the next meteor shower?
Well, you need to know that there are
currently 4 active meteors showers:

- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
Each one has an animated 3-D
interactive show of each meteor
shower that features zoom in, zoom out,
choose your view, dramatic graphics!

Going in Astronomy