After months spent sheltering in place, the art world was out in full force on Saturday, gathering in sites across New York and cities across the country for the Wide Awakes march. The activist event, ...
On June 1, the Libertyville Historical Society launched the “Liberty and Union Campaign to Restore the Wide Awakes Banner,” an ambitious preservation initiative to restore a historic silk banner from ...
During the election year of 1860, a group of young men sought change. They identified themselves as “Wide Awakes.” In the collections of Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil ...
As New Yorkers flock to the polls amidst a flurry of “Get Out the Vote” campaigns, many of them celebrity-driven, we’re here to tell you about a street-savvy group called The Wide Awakes. They are ...
An image from Harper's Weekly depicts the 'Grand procession of Wide-Awakes at New York on the evening of October 3, 1860.' Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division There’s one question I ...
Eight-Color Commemorative Flag, designed 1978 by Gilbert Baker, made 2003, fabric, 33 x 74 inches Untitled (Eye with Rainbow and Fists), 2020, digital print on paper, 36 x 24 inches Last summer, as ...
A look into the group instrumental to electing Abraham Lincoln president in 1860. The Wide Awakes were a Republican para-military organization distinguished from other political clubs of the 19th ...
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