The National Galley of Art exhibits a spectacular selection of Mannerist prints by Ruth Cole and Jacob Kainen. The show has started on September 1 and will run until January 2014. The artists and their most relevant masterpieces are included, such as the early Mars and Venus by Hendrick Goltzius, the heroic dishes of Bellona, by Jan Muller among others.
Classroom Activity : Adolf Hitler the Orator (Commentary). Classroom lesson activities with primary sources and student questions and answers on The Hitler Youth. GCSE Modern World History - Nazi Germany. A-level - Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–1945
Lee, charlesLee, Charles (1731/2 - 1782) General: Lee& 39;s father, a British officer, bought a royal commission for his son when the boy was 14 years old. For 30 years, Charles Lee served in America and Europe, including time spent with the British and Polish armies. Upon his return to North America in 1774, patriot leaders were interested in Lee because of his political stand and military experience.
More soldiers died in the Battle of Shiloh than had died in all of America& 39;s Wars up until that moment. The Union General - Grant prevailed in what was but a preview of the bloody days ahead..General Albert Johnson, Commander of Confederate troops in the West, resolved to attack Union troops led by General Grant– before his forces could be combined with those commanded by General Buell.
Recent tests conducted on the oldest known pages of the Quran in existence have determined they were written nearly 1,400 years ago, between 568 and 645 AD.
Thousands of lives could have been saved in World War I if the soldiers who participated in it had used bulletproof vests and helmets in the pure style of medieval knights. This argument is developed by Michael Vlahos through his article published in The Atlantic.
On February 5, the opening to the public of the Bunker "El Capricho" was approved for the celebration of its II days that will take place on Sunday, May 16 from 11:00 a.m. a few steps from the fortification and antiaircraft shelter built in the historic garden of “El Capricho”. The conference will take place in the auditorium of the Municipal School of Music of “El Capricho” (C / Joaquín Ibarra, 28, El Capricho metro), in what was formerly the Casa of Trades linked to the Palace of the Dukes of Osasuna, where historical and architectural facts will be made known through graphic and documentary material of the refuge, which is framed in the time of the Spanish Civil War and is also known by the code name of "Position Jaca".
