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Discover the legacy of abstract expressionist Peter Grippe as the Allentown Art Museum unveils major gift Of that revolutionary group of American modernists who waved the flag of abstract expressionism in the late 1940s into the 1960s, Peter Grippe might be the least known. While his more famous peers such as David Smith made names for themselves welding together gleaming stainless steel ...

Themed Chess Sets - The Civil War Era

Whether you are purchasing a chess set for yourself, or gifting one to a particularly special person, you often need to think about what that person's hobbies and interests are. Everyone seems to have some hobby, or perhaps they enjoy a certain style of movie or literature you can turn into a unique gift idea. If you are trying to find the perfect gift for an American history buff that is a chess player, you may want to take a look at a themed chess sets, particularly the Civil War era.

This beautifully detailed game is a fine representation of the North and the South. The players are painted in the colors that represented both sides during that war, and the figures represent the two sides in dramatic detail. The Confederate Queen is a beautiful southern belle with her full skirt, simply ready for a ball. The Confederate King is a wonderful symbol of the personification of the confederate army dressed in a grey suit to match his Queen, his generals, and his soldiers. He appears ready to send his soldiers into battle. The soldiers dressed in their grey uniforms, carrying their arms at their sides prepared to face their foes. With golden bases to each figure, they cut a stunning collection all on their own. Even the Confederate flag is represented as a playing piece.

The other side of the match up is the Union army, commonly referred to as Yankees. With the dark blue uniforms, and each piece set on a silver-tone base, they each make a striking figure. Each figure shows the features in exquisite detail from the details on the uniforms to the arms they carry. The union flag still flies, bearing the stars and stripes of that time period.

Themed chess sets such as the Civil War Era set can inspire long history chats and children to read and learn more about American history. This skillfully created chess sets will make history come alive and show the thought you put into your gift giving. While enjoying a match up you may even find you have a different winner than what you read in the history books.

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Washington County sheriff's deputy shoots, kills man with knife Officers feared man with knife was dangerously close to another man. Swiss Knife - Then Until NowTravel back to 1891 where Karl Elsener was still the owner of a company that manufactures surgical equipment. It was during that time that he then learned that pocket knives supplied to the Swiss Army was manufactured from Germany. So in the eye of nationalism, he then manufactured a knife that has four important features - a cutting blade, a screw driver, a can opener and a punch and supplied it to the Swiss Army. Thus, the name Soldier’s Knife was derived.

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Joseph Rodgers Sons

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Vintage Wwii Oss

Vintage is the fashionable thing in decorations, accessories and even in clothing. More and more people are discovering the stylish and great way to look good with vintage stuff. In fact, a good amount of the female population is donning vintage women's clothing in different variations and at different events. When we hear the word vintage, most of us come up with images pertaining to the glitzy and glamorous life of the past centuries. This single word mostly refers to the time between the 19050's and 1960's when everything fashionable revolve around the groovy and hippie lifestyle. What most people do not know is how such clothing items can become highly fashionable years after the...

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Wwii Phillipino

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Fighting Hunting Knife

Beat the heat with homemade ice cream Back in 1991, tourists discovered an Iceman frozen into the side of a glacier in the Austrian Alps. Nicknamed Otzi after the region where he was found, the Iceman was deemed to have died about 5,300 years ago. He died wearing a cloak made from woven grass, a bearskin hat and shoes with bearskin soles. He carried with him a copper ax and a quiver of arrows used in hunting and fighting. Choosing The Right Hunting Knife Type of Knife There are two main types of hunting knives to choose from, they are the fixed blade knife and folding or lock blade knife. Both styles have their own unique benefits. When choosing between the two you will have to decide...

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