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Mardi Gras papier-mâché masks, Haiti. Papier-mâché (UK: / ˌ p æ p i eɪ ˈ m æ ʃ eɪ / PAP-ee-ay MASH-ay, US: / ˌ p eɪ p ər m ə ˈ ʃ eɪ / PAY-pər mə-SHAY, French: [papje mɑʃe] - the French term "mâché" here means "crushed and ground" [1]) is a versatile craft technique with roots in ancient China, in which waste paper is shredded and mixed with water and a binder to produce ...
December 5, 1864 Nevada Territory At-large: Gordon N. Mott (R) Nevada achieved statehood October 31, 1864 District eliminated Nevada At-large: New state Nevada admitted to the Union October 31, 1864. Henry G. Worthington (R) October 31, 1864 New York 31st: Reuben Fenton (R) Resigned December 20, 1864, after being elected Governor of New York ...
Skulls and skeletons for Day of the Dead in a market in Guanajuato. Day of the Dead creates a large demand for various paper crafts, mostly to adorn altars to family members and others who have died. [3] Traditional markets fill with various kinds of decorations for the holiday, especially candies, papel picado and cartonería figures. [14]
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln is an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by Francis Bicknell Carpenter.In the painting, Carpenter depicts Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and his Cabinet members reading over the Emancipation Proclamation, which proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states in rebellion against the Union in the American ...
Jan. 1, 2024, marks 161 years since the day the Emancipation Proclamation was announced by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. At the time, the Civil War had been raging for three years.
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On the first day of the convention, a peace platform was adopted. [4] McClellan, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, was personally opposed to a peace platform. [5] McClellan supported the continuation of the war and restoration of the Union, but the party platform, written by Vallandigham, was opposed to this position.