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This portrait depicts Lieutenant John Ross of the 34th Regiment after his first American tour of duty as a member of the British Army.

General George Washington's original sleeping and office tent from the Revolutionary War.

Astronaut John Glenn carried this reproduction of General George Washington’s Headquarters Flag into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998.

Believed to be the earliest surviving 13-star American flag, Washington's Standard marked his presence throughout the war.

This seven-foot-long panoramic watercolor by Pierre Charles L'Enfant includes the only known eyewitness depiction of George Washington’s headquarters tent during the Revolutionary War.

This photograph of Mehitable Potter, taken in the 100th year of her life, shows one of the last surviving members of the Revolutionary generation.

This gorget, displaying the royal arms of the Bourbon kings of France, was a vestigial piece of armor worn by a French officer as a sign of rank.

This July 6, 1776 issue of the Pennsylvania Evening Post presented the first newspaper printing of the newly adopted Declaration of Independence.

This silk banner was carried through the streets of Philadelphia in celebration of Marquis de Lafayette returning to the scene of his military service.

This mezzotint of General George Washington on horseback, printed in 1775 by printer C. Shepherd, is one of the earliest prints of the Commander in Chief.