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  1. United States Capitol - west front

    Architect of the Capitol, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #1

  2. Constitution of the United States - DPLA - 9ca804144bd5965e992ae3528bc3c6a3 (page 1)

    Constitutional Convention, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #1, 2025 #2

  3. Assembly Room, Independence Hall, Aug 2019

    Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Used for 2008 #2, 2008 #66, 2025 #3

  4. Constitution We the People

    Constitution_Pg1of4_AC.jpg: Constitutional Convention derivative work: Bluszczokrzew (talk), Public domain

    Used for 2008 #3, 2025 #4

  5. Certification of Merlin Hull, Secretary of State of Wisconsin Attesting That Enrolled Joint Resolution No. 64 Was Passed by the State Legislature Ratifying the 19th Amendment Amendm - DPLA - 54d7ca804d7eee36d1da1a39446e83dd

    U.S. Government. 3/4/1789, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #4, 2025 #5

  6. National Archives of the United States - Bill of Rights

    Runner1928, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #5, 2008 #6, 2025 #6

  7. Charters of Freedom Hall, National Archives, Washington, D.C LCCN2011630817

    Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #7, 2025 #7

  8. Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull

    John Trumbull, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #8, 2025 #8

  9. United States Declaration of Independence

    original: w:Second Continental Congress; reproduction: William Stone, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #9

  10. The Original Liberty Bell in Philadelphia (August 2015)

    Vintage Fan 5678, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #9, 2025 #10

  11. Engrossed Declaration of Independence, front

    Second Continental Congress, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #11

  12. New York City (New York, USA), Wall Street -- 2012 -- 6614

    Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #11, 2025 #12

  13. EqualJusticeUnderLaw

    UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Used for 2008 #12, 2025 #13

  14. The Mayflower Compact 1620 cph.3g07155

    Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #14

  15. Montesquieu - Versailles MV 2976

    After Jacques-Antoine Dassier, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #14, 2025 #15

  16. Aerial view of National Mall, with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground and Washington Monument in the distance, Washington, D.C LCCN2011634067

    Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #13, 2025 #16

  17. The White House June 2024

    DJTechYT, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #15, 2008 #46, 2025 #17

  18. Obama Jobs Speech to Joint Session of Congress

    Lawrence Jackson, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #16, 2025 #18

  19. United States Senate Floor

    United States Senate, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #17, 2025 #19

  20. President Ronald Reagan Addressing The Joint Session of Congress on The State of The Union at The United States Capitol - DPLA - e2089f036a1e9f1fb22e7dafa3aa822c

    President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Photographic Office. 1981-1989, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #20

  21. Crop of Senate Chamber at United States Capitol, 1867 (27269170214)

    DC Public Library, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #18, 2025 #21

  22. Flickr - USCapitol - Old Senate Chamber (1)

    USCapitol, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #19, 2025 #22

  23. 2018-03-26 – United States Capitol East Front, viewed from the northeast – Washington, D.C., United States

    Beethoven, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #20, 2025 #23

  24. United States House of Representatives chamber

    United States House of Representatives or Office of the Speaker of the House, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #21, 2025 #24

  25. Voting booths on Primary Election Day, Aug. 11, 2026, at Shamrock Town Hall near McGregor in Aitkin County

    Lorie Shaull, CC BY 4.0

    Used for 2008 #22, 2025 #25

  26. Early voters seated inside the polling place waiting (2965035649)

    Alex Johnson from Ft. Lauderdale FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0

    Used for 2008 #50, 2025 #26

  27. Flickr - USCapitol - Rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building

    USCapitol, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #27

  28. Roger Sherman by Ralph Earl Yale University Art Gallery

    Ralph Earl, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #28

  29. East Front of the U.S. Capitol at Sunrise (51854491378)

    USCapitol from Washington, D.C., United States of America, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #23, 2025 #29

  30. Speaker Mike Johnson Official Portrait (cropped)(b)

    United States Congress, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #31, 2008 #47, 2025 #30

  31. Flickr - USCapitol - Russell Senate Office Building

    USCapitol, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #24, 2025 #31

  32. Wooden ballot box - Smithsonian

    National Museum of American History, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #45, 2025 #32

  33. Danville Town Hall Meeting (8417516903)

    George Miller, CC BY 2.0

    Used for 2008 #55, 2025 #33

  34. California Digital I Voted Sticker 2020 (transparent background)

    California Secretary of State, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #27, 2025 #34

  35. Dept of Commerce - Census Enumerator ID Card

    CPSC, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #25, 2025 #35

  36. '72 Hours before the 2013 U.S. Presidential Inauguration' -- West Front U.S. Capitol Washington (DC) Noon January 18, 2013 (8393764798)

    Ron Cogswell from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0

    Used for 2008 #26, 2025 #36

  37. Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering his fourth Inaugural Address. - NARA - 199054

    Abbie Rowe, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #37

  38. January 2025 Official Presidential Portrait of Donald J. Trump

    Daniel Torok, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #28, 2025 #38

  39. March 2026 Official Vice Presidential Portrait of JD Vance

    Emily J. Higgins, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #29, 2025 #39

  40. Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office, November 1963

    Cecil W. Stoughton, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #30, 2025 #40

  41. Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Participating in the Maurice River Bill Signing in the Oval Office at the White House - DPLA - 27da2a05a7981642e252c1c53fd6d560

    President (1993-2001 : Clinton). White House Photograph Office. 1/20/1993-1/20/2001, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #41

  42. The Pentagon January 2008

    David B. Gleason from Chicago, IL, CC BY-SA 2.0

    Used for 2008 #32, 2025 #42

  43. President George H. W. Bush signs the Civil Rights Commission Reauthorization Act in the Rose Garden of the White House

    Credit: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #33, 2025 #43

  44. Message from the President of the United States Vetoing H.R. 12445 - DPLA - 5a7f9fadabf5059da0b6d364709665be (page 9)

    Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #34, 2025 #44

  45. President Donald Trump announces Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee to the Supreme Court in the East Room of the White House

    (Official White House Photo by Shealah D. Craighead), Public domain

    Used for 2025 #45

  46. Eisenhower Executive Office Building 20240601

    颐园居, CC BY 4.0

    Used for 2025 #46

  47. Dean Rusk, Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert McNamara in Cabinet Room meeting February 1968

    Yoichi Okamoto, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #35, 2025 #47

  48. Exterior of the United States Department of State Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, D.C., spring 2024 - 12

    U.S. Department of State, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #36, 2025 #48

  49. Nebraska Certificate of Vote (54090411546)

    archivesnews, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #49

  50. Panorama of United States Supreme Court Building at Dusk

    Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Used for 2025 #50

  51. Supreme Court of the United States East Frieze

    SCOTUS, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #37, 2025 #51

  52. Supreme Court Building Washington DC

    Mathieu Landretti, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #38, 2025 #52

  53. Supreme Court of the United States - Roberts Court 2022

    Fred Schilling, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #39, 2025 #53

  54. Courtroom of the Supreme Court with Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s chair and the bench in front of her seat draped in black

    Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #54

  55. Chief Justice John Marshall MET DP819230

    Asher Brown Durand / After Henry Inman, CC0

    Used for 2025 #55

  56. 2016 Appellate courthouse west portico pediment

    Sculptor: Maximilian Schwarzott[1]Architect: James Lord Brown (1859 - 1902)Photographer: Beyond My Ken, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #56

  57. Official John Roberts (3x4 cropped)

    Steve Petteway, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #40, 2025 #57

  58. Women inspecting printed currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 3c37130v

    Fawcett, Waldon, photographer, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #41, 2025 #58

  59. School bus parked outside McDonald's, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-06-03

    Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #42, 2025 #59

  60. California State Capitol (top), NW view up

    Photograph: Radomianin, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #60

  61. Texas governors mansion

    Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0

    Used for 2008 #43, 2025 #61

  62. Arkansas State Capitol

    Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #44, 2025 #62

  63. Woman Suffrage Procession 1913 opening

    U. S. Information Agency, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #48, 2025 #63

  64. Jury box in 3rd floor courtroom of the Conway County Courthouse in Morrilton, AR

    Brandonrush, CC0

    Used for 2008 #49, 2025 #64

  65. Touro Synagogue Newport Rhode Island 2

    Swampyank at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Used for 2008 #10, 2025 #65

  66. PledgeOfAllegiance1899

    Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) photographer, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #52, 2025 #66

  67. Applicants take the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony (36898933196)

    Yellowstone National Park, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #53, 2025 #67

  68. New citizens sit and listen during the ceremony. (2447f76a-f290-41b7-be61-a142a093cfff)

    NPS Photo, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #68

  69. Vote Here - Election Polling Place (50565230221)

    Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0

    Used for 2008 #54, 2025 #69

  70. Wolf Creek NFH AmeriCorps volunteers 1 March 2024

    USFWS, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #70

  71. Plan for New Internal Revenue Building, Washington, D.C. (1927)

    Underwood & Underwood, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #56, 2025 #71

  72. Stout-Selective-Service-Registration-1917

    U.S. Selective Service System, National Archives and Records Administration, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #57, 2025 #72

  73. Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, by William Halsall

    William Halsall, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #58, 2025 #73

  74. Detail, Taos Pueblo NM

    John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Used for 2008 #59, 2025 #74

  75. Brookes slave ship, British Library

    Printed by James Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street, London, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #60, 2025 #75

  76. The Battle of Lexington

    William Barnes Wollen, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #76

  77. Boston Tea Party Currier colored

    Nathaniel Currier, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #61, 2025 #77

  78. Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800)

    Rembrandt Peale, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #62, 2025 #78

  79. Independence Hall, Philadelphia 20240528

    颐园居, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #63, 2025 #79

  80. Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze, MMA-NYC, 1851

    Emanuel Leutze, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #70, 2025 #80

  81. The thirteen United Colonies 1781

    A ntv, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #64, 2025 #81

  82. Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States

    Howard Chandler Christy, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #65, 2025 #82

  83. John Jay (Gilbert Stuart portrait)

    Gilbert Stuart, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #67, 2025 #83

  84. The Federalist (1st ed, 1788, vol I, title page)

    Publius (pseudonym) [Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison]., Public domain

    Used for 2025 #84

  85. Benjamin Franklin after Joseph Siffred Duplessis

    After Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #68, 2025 #85

  86. Portrait of George Washington

    Rembrandt Peale, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #69, 2025 #86

  87. Jefferson Memorial Washington April 2017 002

    King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2025 #87

  88. James Madison by Gilbert Stuart 1804 (Cropped)

    Gilbert Stuart, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #88

  89. Alexander Hamilton

    John Trumbull, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #89

  90. Geography 028 - Map of the Louisiana Purchase - 1803

    BioKnowlogy, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #71, 2025 #90

  91. Battle of New Orleans, Jean Hyacinthe de Laclotte

    Painting by Jean Hyacinthe de Laclotte (1766 - 1829), a member of the Louisiana Militia who participated in the battle; , Public domain

    Used for 2008 #72, 2025 #91

  92. Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden

    Thure de Thulstrup / Adam Cuerden, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #73, 2025 #92

  93. Alonzo Chappel - Lee Surrendering to Grant at Appomattox - Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Alonzo Chappel, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #93

  94. Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait

    Alexander Gardner, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #75, 2025 #94

  95. Emancipation proclamation document

    Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #76, 2025 #95

  96. Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial (2024)-L1005507

    Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #74, 2025 #96

  97. Joint Resolution Proposing the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - DPLA - eebcf2527fbb191c52dc36fd7d83db64 (page 2)

    National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the Federal Register. 4/1/1985, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #97

  98. "The first vote" by A.R. Waud Harper's Weekly 1867-11-16 Retrieved from the Library of Congress

    Albert R. Waud, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #98

  99. Susan B Anthony c1855

    Engraved by G.E. Perine & Co., NY, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #77, 2025 #99

  100. Into the Jaws of Death 23-0455M edit

    Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #78, 2025 #100

  101. The sinking of the Lusitania 1915 (51790230093)

    Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0

    Used for 2025 #101

  102. ‘Silent sentinels’ begin 2 ½ year campaign (1)- 1917

    Terence V. Powderly, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #102

  103. Lange-MigrantMother02

    Dorothea Lange, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #103

  104. Crowd outside nyse

    US-gov, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #104

  105. FDR 1944 Color Portrait

    Leon Perskie, CC BY 2.0

    Used for 2008 #80, 2025 #105

  106. The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - NARA 195617 - Edit

    Photographer: UnknownUnknown Retouched by: Mmxx, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #81, 2025 #106

  107. Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959

    White House, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #82, 2025 #107

  108. John Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev 1961

    Photograph from the U. S. Department of State in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston., Public domain

    Used for 2025 #108

  109. Fallout Shelter Sign West Village

    Kidfly182, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #83, 2025 #109

  110. Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance

    颐园居, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2025 #110

  111. Vietnam Memorial Wall with Washington Monument

    David J. Jackson, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2025 #111

  112. March on Washington edit

    Warren K. Leffler, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #51, 2008 #84, 2025 #112

  113. Martin Luther King Jr. during the famous "I have a dream" speech

    Unknown - AFP, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #85, 2025 #113

  114. USAF F-16A F-15C F-15E Desert Storm edit2

    US Air Force, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #114

  115. Tribute in Light September 11 2011 Shankbone

    David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0

    Used for 2008 #86, 2025 #115

  116. Operation Enduring Freedom DVIDS239041

    Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #116

  117. John Ford's Point Monument Valley Luca Galuzzi 2007

    Luca Galuzzi (Lucag), CC BY-SA 2.5

    Used for 2008 #87, 2025 #117

  118. Aldrin Apollo 11

    Neil A. Armstrong, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #118

  119. WashMonument WhiteHouse

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #94, 2025 #119

  120. Liberty Island photo Don Ramey Logan

    Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0

    Used for 2008 #95, 2025 #120

  121. Betsy ross flag(OFFICAL PANTONE)

    Sus2021, CC0

    Used for 2008 #96, 2025 #121

  122. Flag of the United States waving in Kent, WA (2025) - 0194

    Roc0ast3r, CC0

    Used for 2008 #97, 2025 #122

  123. Star Spangled Banner Flag on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of History and Technology, around 1964

    Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #98, 2025 #123

  124. Great Seal of the United States (obverse and reverse)

    U.S. Government, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #124

  125. July 4th fireworks, Washington, D.C. (LOC)

    Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #99, 2025 #125

  126. Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, New York City, 2005 44

    cisc1970, CC BY 2.0

    Used for 2008 #100, 2025 #126

  127. Memorial Day in Arlington National Cemetery (27085342830)

    Arlington National Cemetery, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #127

  128. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the annual National Veterans Day Observance Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on November 11, 2024 - 1

    U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain

    Used for 2025 #128

  129. Aerial view of the Mississippi River at sunrise

    Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0

    Used for 2008 #88

  130. Big Sur, Pacific Coast, California, USA36

    dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0

    Used for 2008 #89

  131. Sea Mist at Spring Point Ledge Light

    Cfwphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #90

  132. USA-2016-Puerto Rico-San Juan-Castillo San Felipe del Morro 10

    Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Used for 2008 #91

  133. International Peace Garden, United States-Canada Border, North Dakota-Manitoba (43973762721)

    Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0

    Used for 2008 #92

  134. US Mexico Border Fence Imperial Beach 6D2B4486

    Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Used for 2008 #93

  135. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped) c

    Harris & Ewing, Public domain

    Used for 2008 #79