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“Celebrating Independence, In 1776”

“Celebrating Independence, In 1776”
JOHN TRUMBULL’S “The Declaration of Independence” (1819) was one of four massive 12x18-foot canvases, commissioned by Congress, that were jointly installed and still stand in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, as part of the United States’ first large-scale Jubilee Celebrations, in 1826. (image, Wikimedia Commons)

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