Lion Heart Autographs, Inc. announces highlights included in Autographs Auction
Hamilton letter is one of many auction highlights.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Lion Heart Autographs, Inc., for more than forty years, one of the worlds premier dealers in rare autographs and manuscripts, has announced its Lion Heart Autographs Auction No. 13, which will take place on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. EST. The online auction, currently accepting bids, will feature two extraordinary consignments: private collections that offer an unprecedented opportunity for the public to acquire items in art, history, literature, music and science, many of which have been unavailable for more than half a century.
Return the National Parks to the Tribes David Treuer
Image above: Glacier National Park, in Montana, as seen from the Blackfeet Reservation, near Duck Lake.
This article was published online on April 12, 2021.
I. The End Result of Dirty Business
In 1851, members of a California state militia called the Mariposa Battalion became the first white men to lay eyes on Yosemite Valley. The group was largely made up of miners. They had been scouring the western slopes of the Sierra when they happened upon the granite valley that Native peoples had long referred to as “the place of a gaping mouth.” Lafayette Bunnell, a physician attached to the militia, found himself awestruck. “None but those who have visited this most wonderful valley, can even imagine the feelings with which I looked upon the view,” he later wrote. “A peculiar exalted sensation seemed to fill my whole being, and I found my eyes in tears.” Many of those who have followed in Bunnell’s foot
Inside Disney’s America: A Look Into A Rare Patriotic Proposal for the Unbuilt Park
Did you know we almost had a Disney theme park in Virginia?
Disney’s America, “Celebrating America’s diversity, spirit, and innovation,” was announced to the public in 1993. Disney had purchased 3,000 acres of land, intending to pay homage to America’s storied past while making history fun.
Recently, we were invited to Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas, for a preview of “The Art of the Disney Theme Park,” a Disney-centric auction that will take place April 8-10.
We were able to look at a rare piece of Disney’s America the Executive Summary of Rezoning Application. This document is from January 1994. While a rezoning application may not be everyone’s idea of a good time, it contained a mine of information about the unrealized theme park.
April 1, 2021 Press Release
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today via video conference call. Below are the Speaker’s remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you. Hello, everyone. Good morning, if you’re on the West Coast. Wherever you are, have a good day. Holy Thursday, a very special day in this Holy Week. Whether you’re observing Passover, as this would be the day of Christ’s Passover, the Last Supper and Passover Seder, the Last Supper. And then, of course, Easter Sunday coming up. This is the most glorious feast in the liturgy. Christmas is joyous. Easter is glorious. Christ has risen. So, I m very, shall we say, excited about what is happening this week in this season of spring, the season of renewal, this season of Holy Week. Whether it s Passover, Easter, Ramadan, whatever you observe or don t observe, I wish you the joy of the season.
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