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Inside a Genius Mind

Uncover the myths, masterpieces, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci

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Black History and Culture

The past, present, and future of the Black experience in the United States

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The Heart of Czechia

Explore Czechia's art, culture, and architecture

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Portugal, A Maritime Legacy

Explore Portugal's sea culture and how it shaped the nation

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Manga: Out Of The Box

Histories and Futures: Selected Works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Museum Nasional Indonesia

Indonesia

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Russia

The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway

Norway

MNAA National Museum of Ancient Art

Portugal

Inhotim

Brazil

Musei di Villa Torlonia

Italy

International Centre of the Roerichs

Russia

Symbols of Battle: Civil War Flags

This collection includes flags from several National Park Service sites. Flags serve many purposes. They symbolize a people and represent national pride. Flags convey a shared history. Over the centuries, military units have carried flags and colors. Colors and flags affirm group identity. They build pride and morale, and represent the group's honor. In battle, flags served as a rallying point when a formation was broken. Troops gathered around the flag to regroup, attack or retreat. Flags marked specific individuals, locations and functions such as hospitals and ambulances. Infantry regiments regularly held trooping ceremonies. Colors were paraded up and down the line of assembled soldiers to music to make sure the men remembered the colors. A guard of non-commissioned officers usually protected flags and colors. Held in great reverence, a regiment's honor was embodied in its colors. The entire regiment was humiliated if its colors were lost in battle. From the establishment of the United States Army in 1785, US regular infantry regiments carried colors. Regiments didn't carry the United States flag, as it was felt that no one unit could carry the national honor into battle. By the 1840's, the infantry carried the United States flag with the regimental number or title printed on one of the white stripes. If the flag was lost in battle, only that regiment's honor, and not the national honor, was lost. During the Civil War, a soldier who captured enemy colors or saved his unit's colors frequently was honored. In addition to receiving a medal honor, a soldier was sometimes given a leave of absence. Soldiers who captured enemy colors were often mentioned in dispatches or listed on a role of honor.

Topics about "(no title"

Inside a Genius Mind

Uncover the myths, masterpieces, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci

Black History and Culture

The past, present, and future of the Black experience in the United States

The Heart of Czechia

Explore Czechia's art, culture, and architecture

Portugal, A Maritime Legacy

Explore Portugal's sea culture and how it shaped the nation

Manga: Out Of The Box

Explore the history and culture of Japanese comics beyond the page

The Deutsche Grammophon Cover Stories

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Female Saints

Histories and Futures: Selected Works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

17 collections

Museum Nasional Indonesia

Indonesia

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Russia

The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway

Norway

MNAA National Museum of Ancient Art

Portugal

Inhotim

Brazil

Musei di Villa Torlonia

Italy

International Centre of the Roerichs

Russia

Symbols of Battle: Civil War Flags

Fort Saint Angelo, Malta

Malta

National Institute of Fashion Technology

India

1,892 stories

The Story Of Angel Vianna

Portal MUD - Dance Museum

From the Countryside to the Runway

MUB3 - Museu da bolsa do Brasil

Lima at the end of the 19th Century

National Library of Peru

Beyond the Documentary: Fiction in the Paschoal Nardone Collection

General Archive of Rio de Janeiro City

Bangkok's 150th: A Nation in Transition

King Prajadhipok Museum

Native Fashion Now: Part II

Peabody Essex Museum

Map of the Strait of Magellan

National Library of Peru

Thailand's Last Absolute King: A Coronation Unveiled

King Prajadhipok Museum

The Vienna Secession's Art Journal 'Ver Sacrum'

Secession

Pixelated Abstraction: Making Their Mark III

Shah Garg Foundation

Villa Martelli

Viví Arte

Otto Mündler: The Travelling Agent

The National Gallery, London

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun: Self portrait

The National Gallery, London

An album canceled by Gil and considered lost is found almost 40 years later

Instituto Gilberto Gil

Antonio Benetazzo, Survival of the Senses — Part II

Instituto Vladimir Herzog

Sir Thomas Lawrence: 'The Red Boy'

The National Gallery, London

Hats Off Gentlemen, a Genius!

The Morgan Library & Museum

Osservatorio Monografie d’Impresa

Museimpresa

Olivos

Viví Arte

Female "Firsts" on London's Transport Network 1863-1945

TfL Corporate Archives

Titian: Paintings in the frame

The National Gallery, London

Mythology and Spirituality: Making Their Mark V

Shah Garg Foundation