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George Caleb Bingham: The Missouri Artist
Most people today know George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) as an artist. During his lifetime, Bingham saw himself “as a public officer” or “as a writer,” with “artist” a close third. All views of him are equally true: Bingham was incredibly skilled with a pencil and brush, a fact attested to by the numerous works of…
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German Americans in World War I
The loyalties of Missouri’s German American residents became suspect after the United States entered the Great War on the side of the British and French in April 1917. Most people of German descent actively worked to convince their neighbors of their allegiance to their adopted nation rather than their nation of birth. Federal laws increasingly…