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July 2026 Artwork
Inspiration
Painted in 1930 by American artist Grant Wood, American Gothic portrays a stern-faced farmer and a woman who may be his wife or relative standing before a Gothic-style Carpenter farmhouse, inspired by a real home in Eldon, Iowa. Both a symbol of rural Americana and a subtle social commentary, the painting has become one of the most recognizable works of American art.
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​Homage
Americana Gothic shows a young Henry Ford posing with his recently completed Quadricycle. Nearby, his wife Clara questions whether it was necessary to smash it out of their garden shed with an ax (Ford neglected to measure the shed’s opening when building the machine). Art by David Hueso.
July 2026 Videos
July 1st
Business Plot conspirators approach Smedley Butler, 1933
July 4th
Giuseppe Garibaldi's Birthday, 1807
July 9th
Benedict XVI celebrates mass with the Valencia Chalice, 2006
July 13th
Crystal Palace Cat Show, 1871
July 15th
Captain Bouchard discovers the Rosetta Stone, 1799
July 21st
Lucy Walker gains first female ascent of the Matterhorn, 1871
July 24th
Alexandre Dumas' birthday, 1802
July 30th
First Defenestration of Prague, 1419