You can edit the text in this area, and change where the contact form on the right submits to, by entering edit mode using the modes on the bottom right.
1171 Main Street St. Johnsbury, VT, 05819 United States
Yosemite was more than the first federally protected American landscape; it was an emblem of freedom in the years surrounding the Civil War. Eleanor Jones Harvey, senior curator at Smithsonian American Art Museum, discusses the story behind Bierstadt’s monumental painting, weaving together several historical threads to deepen our appreciation of Yosemite as part of our national identity.