Gate of Belen, Mexico, the 13th September 1847 Pittsburgh_Canvas an immigrant Babel pressed into

an immigrant Babel pressed into the bones of Lower Manhattan

when the country was still negotiating what to make of the man who had accepted Lee's sword and then stumbled through two terms in the White House

still a Jacksonian foot soldier in Nashville before Manifest Destiny found its loudest advocate

July 22d 1864

Gate of Belen, Mexico, the 13th September 1847 Pittsburgh_Canvas an immigrant Babel pressed intoGate of Belen, Mexico, the 13th September 1847 a documentary engraving of Scott's assault on the garita guarding Mexico City's southern approach, rendered with the swagger of a republic that had decided, with cannon and column, that the continent was its inheritance. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the