depicting

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Leading the parade will be a giant puppet depicting Thomas Paine.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

By depicting Oklahoma rez life through the eyes of the restless teenagers raised on movies that romanticize escaping home to find themselves, Harjo’s stories bubbled over with joy and ridiculousness.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2026

The opposite page shows a painting depicting the declaration's signing in 1776, with the words "United States of America 250."

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Also here is Charles Willson Peale’s 1780 oil-on-canvas portrait, depicting Washington after the Battle of Princeton, according to the wall text “the first time that American troops broke a British line in open combat.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Above the entrance was a carving depicting Atlas with a globe of the world atop his shoulders—hence the theatre's name, the Globe.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood