Antone Pierucci
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A quick internet search will yield results of Leonardo da Vinci's legendary paintings, the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, and you might even catch a glimpse of his well-known sketches of machines, human bodies, and animals. However, there's so much more to da Vinci than his paintings and drawings.
This 16th-century Italian man embodied the Renaissance spirit - he was intensely interested in everyone and everything. His curiosity spanned every discipline,...
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Most people recognize Alexander Hamilton from the $10 bill, but know little of him beyond that. Maybe you remember something from a U.S. history class about a national bank and a bunch of feuds. But Hamilton's life was filled to bursting with personal drama, political maneuvering, and violent upsets. He bravely fought alongside General George Washington to free the colonies from the tyrant King George III. His writings inspired a nation with the Federalist...
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The quaint, one-room schoolhouse of the untamed frontier looms large in the collective image of the American West. The stories that surround these schoolhouses have become embedded in the nation's cultural memory: the hardships of having to walk miles to and from school, the often cramped quarters within, and the harsh lessons learned at the hand-or ruler-of the teacher. More often than not, these stories are told with a sense of nostalgia for the...