Encampment of First Brigade Maine Volunteer Militia 1885 Aloha Stadium gift Pioneers of America: Westward the

Pioneers of America: Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way 1897 borrows Bishop Berkeley's old prophecy and dresses it in late-century chromolithograph splendor — wagon wheels

Sept 17 1862

the engraver's hand hurrying to keep pace with a war already writing itself into legend

and Jackson's long shadow

• Solid wood frame with ornate corners (framing optional)

Encampment of First Brigade Maine Volunteer Militia 1885 Aloha Stadium gift Pioneers of America: Westward theEncampment of First Brigade Maine Volunteer Militia 1885 a documentary engraving of canvas rows and dress parade twenty years after Appomattox, when the citizen soldier had become ceremonial again, the muster a civic ritual of remembrance rather than a summons to anything bloodier than drill. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical