Memorials & famous biographies

American politician and writer who rose from poverty to become Vice President and a staunch opponent of slavery, tirelessly building anti-slavery coalitions and championing civil rights

American politician and military officer who became the youngest U.S. Vice President and later a Confederate general

17th President of the United States who served from 1865 to 1869, assuming office after Abraham Lincoln's assassination and navigating post-Civil War Reconstruction

American inventor and business leader who developed the Singer sewing machine and founded one of the first American multi-national businesses

French painter known for his empathetic depictions of peasant farmers and a founder of the Barbizon school, who also explored pure landscapes in his later career

French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker, known for bridging Neo-Classicism and Impressionism through his plein-air innovations

French composer known for the enduring popularity of his opera Carmen and other Romantic era orchestral works