As 19 news gets ready to celebrate our country’s 250-th birthday next year. We’re profiling people and places that are the backbone of America.

Object Details Artist Joseph Keppler, 1 Feb 1838 - 19 Feb 1894 Sitter James Gillespie Blaine, 31 Jan 1830 - 27 Jan 1893 William Windom, 10 May 1827 - 29 Jan 1891 James Abram Garfield, 19 Nov 1831 - 19 ...