Raisinghistory

Joseph Smith | Performing Artist of Living History
💡Inspiring Your Audience's Imagination
🗼Augustin Fresnel
🪶Baron Von Steuben
🖊️Philip Freneau

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Honored to have portrayed him for the US National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program & Planting Fields Foundation, too. Keep up the wonderful work!
A big Thank You to the Olmsted Network for their continued dedication & stewardship of Frederick Law Olmsted's legacy!

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#OnThisDay, the man known as the "Father of American Landscape Architecture", Frederick Law Olmsted, was born.
I've been honored to portray him for: Friends of Olmsted Beil House & Friends of Anderson Park
#olmsted #olmstedparks #landscapearchitecture #publicparks #publicgardens

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It would be Louisa May's sister, May Alcott, who would introduce Daniel to the art and eventual profession of sculpture.
Among his many works are The Minute Man and the seated Abraham Lincoln (collaborated with the firm Piccirilli Brothers) located in the Lincoln Memorial.

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#OnThisDay 176 years ago, Daniel Chester French was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. When his family moved to Concord, Mass., they would become neighbors to Ralph Waldo Emerson & the Alcott family.
#sculpture #arthistory #ArtLovers #abrahamlincoln #architecture #architecturelovers

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#OnThisDay in 1874, the 1st Impressionist Exhibition opened in Paris; featuring 30 artists, among them were Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro & Alfred Sisley.
Quite an "impressive" lineup!

#impressionism #WorldArtDay

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#OnThisDay in 1915, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, guitarist, singer & songwriter who is considered the "Godmother of Rock & Roll", was born. A pioneer in guitar technique & bringing gospel music into the mainstream, influencing many of the pioneers of 50's rock & roll. #womenshistory

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So...this Christmas cactus had not bloomed in YEARS...photo on the left was from January...photo on the right, MARCH...YES, a 2ND bloom. Here comes Spring!

This is a simple lesson in persisting until you succeed.

#plants #cactuslover #flowers #blooming #spring #persistence

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#OnThisDay, March 10th, 1867, Lillian Wald was born.

She was a nurse, activist & humanitarian who would in 1893 start the @HenryStreet Settlement to provide medical care & other social services for residents of the Lower East Side.

#NYCHistory #womenshistory #WomensHistoryMonth

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#OnThisDay March 10th, 1848, Kate Sheppard was born.

She was a shining light of the New Zealand women's suffrage movement, & through her efforts, helped women gain the right to vote in 1893, making New Zealand the first country to do so.

#womenshistory #WomensHistoryMonth

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#OnThisDay in 1824, George William Curtis was born in #providencerhodeisland Journalist, Editor, Lecturer, Author, Abolitionist, & Activist: well known for his essays in Harper's Magazine under the title, "The Easy Chair". His friendships included Emerson, Hawthorne, & Thoreau.

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#OnThisDay in 1872, the opening reception of
@metmuseum is held at 681 Fifth Ave.

This event was held for only subscribers to attend, with the public opening occurring later in the Spring.

#museum #museums #art #arthistory #nychistory

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#OnThisDay in 1809, #AbrahamLincoln was born.
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."

"The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him."

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#OnThisDay in 1831, Mary Mapes Dodge was born. She was an American children's author, best known for her novel, "Hans Brinker", as well as the first editor of St. Nicholas, a successful monthly children's magazine. #womenauthors #WomenInLiterature #womenshistory #literature

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#OnThisDay in 1841, Berthe Morisot was born. She was a French painter who would become the only female founding member of a group of painters in Paris known as the Impressionists.
#impressionism #impressionistart #arthistory #museum
Berthe Morisot, 1875 Photo: Charles Reutlinger

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#HappyNewYear2026 #Gratitude #lighthouses #Olmsted #America250 #museums #maritimehistory #livinghistory

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#OnThisDay in 1914, the 1st feature-length silent film comedy "Tillie's Punctured Romance" is released by the Keystone Film Company starring Mabel Normand, Marie Dressler, & Charlie Chaplin.
#silentmovies #MabelNormand #cinema #silentfilmcomedy #silentfilm #comedies #silentfilms

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#OnThisDay in 1901, French tennis player Henri Cochet was born. French Open 1926, 28, 30, 32 @usopen 1928 @Wimbledon 1927, 29. Member of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s & early 30s. Ranked #1 from 1928 - 1931 #tennis #tennishistory

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#OnThisDay in 1863, Annie Jump Cannon, #astronomer, was born in Dover, Delaware.
Known as the “census taker of the sky”, she developed the Harvard Classification System that classifies stars to this day.
#WomenInSTEM #womeninscience #sciencehistory
Photo: Library of Congress

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@bmoreheritage Congratulations to all the award winners & micro-grant recipients!!! Keep Shining Your Lights!

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#OnThisDay 7/14/1827, Augustin Fresnel left this world & left his legacy: #fresnellens, safeguarding countless lives navigating on the waters of the home we call Earth. It's been an honor to portray you since 2016. I intend to continue as long as I can. #lighthouses #museums