Tapestries
Description: George Henry Thomas was a career U.S. Army Officer and Union General during the American Civil War. Thomas graduated from West Point, served in the Mexican-American War, and remained loyal to the Union despite being born in Virginia. His heroic defense at the Battle of Chickamauga saved the Union Army from a complete route and earned him the nickname "the Rock of Chickamauga".
Description: This American history photograph shows a 1970 portrait of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall. Marshall was an American lawyer and judge, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. He was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice.
Description: This world history painting depicts a portrait of Simon Bolivar, painted by Peruvian artist Jose Gil de Castro. Simon Bolivar was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule.