Tens of millions of people watched worldwide as McLaughlin’s American flag was briefly draped over the statue head of the overthrown dictator. The Marine vehicle’s engines roared and broke the ...

The Statue of Liberty arrived on American shores in 1886 as a gift representing Franco-American friendship and shared democratic ideals. French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the ...

"American Gothic" is a famous piece of artwork by Iowa-born Grant Wood. The painting by Wood depicts a man and a woman standing in front of a house. The man, a farmer, wears overalls, with a ...

A half-dozen members of a group called the Italian-American Defense League gathered in Wooster Square Park to celebrate Columbus Day — and to renew their call for a return of the long-gone statue ...

Wood’s inspiration for American Gothic was sparked by a leisurely drive around Eldon, Iowa, one spring afternoon in the company of a young art student, John Sharp. Just outside town, they ...

Grant Wood, one of Iowa's most famous artists, based his iconic 1930 painting, "American Gothic," on a unique home in the small town of Eldon, on the banks of the Des Moines River in southeastern ...

The controversial Thomas Fallon statue on St. James Street is expected to be dismantled by May 4 — the result of a decadeslong effort from those who consider it a symbol of American ...