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    The Apotheosis of Washington is the fresco painted by Greek-Italian artist Constantino Brumidi in 1865 and visible through the oculus of the dome in the...
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    Apotheosis (from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from ἀποθεόω/ἀποθεῶ (apotheóō/apotheô) 'to deify'), also called divinization or deification (from...
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    president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led...
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    them the first president of the United States, George Washington, soldier and politician Lawrence Washington, and politician Charles Washington. Born...
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    Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington...
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    The Apotheosis of Washington is a large fresco by Greek-Italian Constantino Brumidi, visible through the oculus of the dome of the rotunda. The fresco...
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    United States Capitol dome (category 1866 establishments in Washington, D.C.)
    pattern of lightly colored plasterwork, with Brumidi's monumental ceiling fresco, The Apotheosis of Washington, appearing in the oculus at the top of the inner...
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    The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United...
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    Washington Crossing the Delaware is the title of three 1851 oil-on-canvas paintings by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze. The paintings commemorate...
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    American President George Washington’s teeth began to fall out before he reached the age of thirty, and he eventually lost them all. During his life,...
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    sculptures of presidents of the United States The Apotheosis of Washington George Washington, statue by Antonio Canova George Washington's resignation...
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    Panthéon (redirect from The Panthéon)
    Pantheon, Moscow Church of Santa Engrácia, Lisbon The Apotheosis of Washington – dome fresco of the US Capitol Listing of the work of Jean Antoine Injalbert-French...
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    Mount Washington, also known as Agiocochook, is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire. It is the highest peak in the Northeastern United...
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    Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States...
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    Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. — May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was...
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    The presidency of George Washington began on April 30, 1789, when Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States, and ended on...
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    painting of The Apotheosis of Washington beneath the top of the dome, and also the Frieze of American History. The Apotheosis of Washington was completed...
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  • Fasces (category National symbols of France)
    Portion of The Apotheosis of Washington, a fresco mural suspended above the rotunda of the United States Capitol Building Regimental Coat of Arms of the United...
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  • 1853, the university is named after George Washington, the first president of the United States. Washington University comprises eight undergraduate, graduate...
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    Squiers, Anthony. "The Apotheosis of the Founding Fathers and Signs of Filial Piety." in The Politics of the Sacred in America: The Role of Civil Religion in...
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    president of the United States, George Washington. The second wife of Augustine Washington, she became a prominent member of the Washington family. She...
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    The location of all 3 of the crossings Trenton Mount Holly George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December...
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    George Washington, Founding Father, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United...
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    The Washington quarter is the present quarter dollar or 25-cent piece issued by the United States Mint. The coin was first struck in 1932; the original...
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    Constantino Brumidi (category Burials at Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.))
    Apotheosis of Washington, in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Brumidi was born in Rome, his father a Greek from Filiatra in the province of Messinia...
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  • grandfather of George Washington. Lawrence was born in September 1659, on his father's estate at Mattox Creek and when he was five years old, the family moved...
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    Betsy Ross flag (category Flags of the American Revolution)
    Washington Crossing the Delaware. Consequently, the editions of Preble's book in 1872, 1880, and 1882, all show the 1777 flag as having a circle of 13...
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  • Rose's book Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring (2007), a history of the Culper Ring. The series originally aired on the AMC network...
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  • These events formed the basis of many events portrayed throughout the series. Vulcan appears in The Apotheosis of Washington, producing a cannon and a steam...
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    plantations, Washington also served for many years in the House of Burgesses, representing Westmoreland County. He was the first member of the Washington family...
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