Creating the United States
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Independence and the Union Celebrated
The American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence are celebrated in this pro-Democratic political print. Eight presidents are depicted, with Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) and Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) joining hands over a scroll with Jackson’s famous Jefferson Day dinner of 1830 toast, “The Union Must be Preserved.” Below stands George Washington, in uniform and holding a scroll inscribed “We declare ourselves free and independent.” He faces thirteen soldiers, representing the original American colonies, who are flanked by an American flag and the “National Flag of 1776.”