Today is the birthday of the great American painter Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975). Benton was the namesake and great grand-nephew of the five term Missouri Senator who was one of America’s prominent 19th century politicians, a Jacksonian Democrat and advocate for Manifest Destiny. The younger Benton was also the son of Colonel Maecenas Benton, a […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AM on April 15, 2017