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The cartoon describes the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, where American and French troops surrounded a British army under Charles Cornwallis, causing him to surrender. The snake symbolizes America and France, as they had previously used the reptile on the Gadsden flag , making it an early emblem of the country.
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The Rattlesnake, Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Rattlesnake is an equestrian sculpture by American artist Frederic Remington.The bronze sculpture was one of Remington's most popular, after The Broncho Buster, and it has been described as Remington's own favorite sculpture.
Rattlesnake had the appearance of a miniature frigate, with detached quarterdeck and forecastle. [1] Rattlesnake was commissioned on 12 June 1781 under Commander Mark Clark (or Clarke). She had barely begun her first cruise when she encountered the 44-gun ship HMS Assurance, Captain James Cumming. Assurance captured Rattlesnake on 17 June. [3]
The rattlesnake attack and the eventual revelations about the dark edges of the Santa Monica-based cult became one of the many strange storylines of the 1970s, an era that historian Keven Starr ...
Stop That Tank! is organized into two separate sections: the first animated section lasting three minutes, 15 seconds is a comedic demonstration of the anti-tank gun in an anti-Nazi propaganda "sketch", while the second longer section uses both cartoon animation and live action sequences to demonstrate proper use and handling of the Mk.1 Boys ...
The timber rattlesnake is one of two venomous snakes found in Connecticut — the other being the northern copperhead — and is extremely rare, according to the Connecticut Department of Energy ...
A Western rattlesnake, also known as Northern Pacific rattlesnake. The species is rarely found in Southern California, but a man in the Mojave Desert received one in the mail. (Paul Chinn / San ...