Landing of the American Forces Under Genl Scott at Vera Cruz March 9th 1847 framed barber pole before the country had time

before the country had time to learn what peace would cost

printed in the war's final spring

The scene crackles with cannon flash and churned water

Portrait of John Marshall Holding a Book After a Painting by Henry Inman

The slogan reads less like persuasion than instruction

Landing of the American Forces Under Genl Scott at Vera Cruz March 9th 1847 framed barber pole before the country had timeLanding of the American Forces Under Genl Scott at Vera Cruz March 9th 1847. A documentary lithograph of Winfield Scott's amphibious assault on the Mexican coast surfboats lowering into the Gulf, the city's walls waiting in the haze Manifest Destiny rendered in disciplined ranks and gunwales. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical