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| Date: | 05 1981 |
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| Description: | Monument on grassy area. Behind are storefronts. |
| Date: | 05 17 1980 |
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| Description: | Poster in support of the People's War in Peru, which began in 1980. The war was instigated by a Maoist political group within Peru known as the Shining Pat... |
| Date: | 05 1980 |
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| Description: | Louie Beck was the last World War I veteran of Theresa's American Legion Post. Mr. Beck passed away in December 1980. |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | A group of people are marching up a city street holding banners, the most prominent of which reads: "Walk Against the War, Join CISPES [Committee in Solida... |
| Date: | 08 1983 |
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| Description: | The crowd at the Experimental Aviation Association Fly-in enjoyed a demonstration of World War II bombing. Here two planes fly through the swirling black s... |
| Date: | 11 12 1980 |
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| Description: | German poster protesting the ongoing presence of the Bundeswehr, the West German armed forces. Poster shows a screenprinted image in blue of rows of cros... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Painting depicting the Battle of New Orleans, fought on 8 January 1815. In the upper corner of the painting Major General Andrew Jackson is shown at the to... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Duluth-Superior Bridge, officially named in honor of Richard I. Bong, World War II's Ace of Aces, who hailed from nearby Poplar, Wiscons... |
| Date: | 07 27 1988 |
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| Description: | Vintage aircraft always attract attention. In 1988 on their way to the EAA convention, the national organization of owners of World War II trainers made a ... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Two people are posing holding a sign that reads: "Walk Against the War, JOIN CISPES [Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador] for PEACE with... |
| Date: | 1988 |
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| Description: | Brian Willson, Vietnam veteran who lost both legs during a demonstration in 1987, holds up his arm to give the peace sign to audience at a New York peace c... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a British screening Emile de Antonio's 1982 film "In the King of Prussia," about the trial of the anti-war activist group Plowshares Eig... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Confederate Graves at Forest Hill Cemetery. Each headstone has a Confederate flag stuck in the earth next to it. |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | A large, spreading bur oak is standing near the intersection of South Seventh and Washington Streets in front of a small restaurant. A van is parked in fro... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | View from stage of a woman standing at a podium, with her back to the photographer. In front of her is a table stacked with cards or books, and an audience... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | View over audience towards a woman standing on a stage in front of a podium and microphone. In front of the podium is a small table with stacks of papers o... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | "The painting shows the Choctaws and a mixed group of Major Daquin's Battalion of Free Men of Color. The latter were mostly attired in civilian clothes bec... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Poster advocating against United States governmental support for the Salvadoran military and government. The poster reproduces a photograph of people, incl... |
| Date: | 05 1983 |
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| Description: | "Theresa American Legion members paid homage to former comrades on Memorial Day at the River Church Cemetery." |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Social action poster advertising 'STAR.' Depicts a star over the Venus symbol. The original caption reads: "Star. Stop The Arms Race. Bruxelles Brussel 8.3... |
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