From the Collection: July 20th- 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing On this day 50 years ago, man set foot on the moon. On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral). On board were Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot...
From the Collection: Happy Birthday Pissarro! Happy birthday to Camille Pissarro! Born in 1830 in the Danish West Indies (now the US Virgin Islands), French painter Camille Pissarro was a prominent participant in the Impressionism movement. At the age of 12, his...
A hero of the American Revolution, John Paul Jones (1747-1792) was called to Paris in 1779 to command the French frigate Bonhomme Richard, with which he won a famous naval victory over the British vessel Serapis. The Masonic lodge of the “Nine Sisters” in Paris, to...
