Walnut #14
Today on Walnut Jar: George Washington, hippest cafe in 1995, Dear Omran and more
That George Washington Portrait Saved by Dolley Madison Was Just a Copy
The story of First Lady Dolley Madison heroically saving a portrait of George Washington as she was being exiled from the White House during the War of 1812 has been circulated for centuries.
The tale isn’t quite that simple, though. If you’re envisioning Dolley tearing the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait down as the Red Coats closed in and the curtains burned, well, that’s not quite what happened. Madison actually instructed an enslaved servant, 15-year-old Paul Jennings, to save the painting. “If not possible, destroy it: ……
The hippest internet cafe of 1995
Mad Max, Harry Potter, Walking Dead, and More Are Adorably Bad-ass in This Amazing Art
Whether it be Twitter, Facebook, your text messages or just general web surfing, it's almost certain you've seen the…io9.gizmodo.com
Dear Omran by Shyla Bhagwagar
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