On Friday, the Alamo unveiled a historic portrait of Benjamin “Rush” Milam just in time to commemorate the 189th anniversary of the Siege or Bexar.

click image for close-up Like many of Charles Willson Peale's portraits, his 1783 oil painting of Benjamin Rush sought to portray the intellectual qualities and political sensibilities of the ...

Not long afterward, however, “He became a footnoted founder, a second-tier signer,” as Fried observes. “As a result, many Americans know very little about Benjamin Rush.” ...

Dr. Benjamin Rush was a scientist, physician, reformer, and co-signer of the Declaration of Independence. His life would take him across the world and into the pages of history.