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Sam Houston's grave at Oakwood Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas. The monument was created by Pompeo Coppini, the same sculptor who made the Alamo Cenotaph. Photograph by J. Williams, 2004.

Godwin Brumowski (1889-1936) flew for the Austro-Hungarian air force. Achieving 40 victories, Brumowski was that state's top flying ace during the First World War (1914-18). He is shown next to his plane's insignia. (Imperial War Museums)

The royal House of Hanover, formally the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover line, ruled Britain for nearly two centuries (1714–1901), shaping the political and constitutional development of the United Kingdom during a period of imperial...

A photograph of British Royal Flying Corps fighter pilot Major Edward Mannock (1887-1918) who managed 73 victories and was Britain’s top flying ace during the First World War (1914-18). Mannock was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross...

A photograph of Captain René Fonck (1894-1953), France's most successful fighter pilot in the First World War (1914-18). Fonck achieved 75 victories (although Fonck himself claimed he had 127).

Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), known as the ‘Red Baron’, was the First World War's most successful fighter pilot, amassing 80 victories but eventually succumbing himself in April 1918. Here he wears around his neck the prestigious Pour...

Juan Seguín's grave and monument in the City of Seguin, Texas. Photograph by Billy Hathorn, 2013.

Battle of Spottsylvania, chromolithograph by L. Prang & Co. after Thure De Thulstrup, 1887. Illustrated here is a scene from the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (8-21 May 1864), a bloody engagement of the American Civil War. Library...

Battle of Spottsylvania, lithograph by Kurz & Allison, c. 1888. Illustrated here is a scene from the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (8-21 May 1864), a bloody engagement of the American Civil War. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Dead Confederate soldier, photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1864. Depicted here is a fallen soldier from the Second Corps of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, killed on 19 May 1864 during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House...