anything produced by natural forces without the intervention of man.

noun Any product of human workmanship - applied both to objects made for practical purposes as well as works of art.

to the simpler products of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects.

noun (Archæol.) A product of human workmanship - applied esp.

Not natural, but produced by manipulation, as some microscopic feature in a hardened tissue.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

noun A natural object modified by human art.

noun Anything made by art an artificial product.

noun An inaccurate observation, effect, or result, especially one resulting from the technology used in scientific investigation or from experimental error.

noun A phenomenon or feature not originally present or expected and caused by an interfering external agent, action, or process, as an unwanted feature in a microscopic specimen after fixation, in a digitally reproduced image, or in a digital audio recording.

noun Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.

noun An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.

Within months, both would be listed among World War II’s fallen.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Two of seven children, Donald and Mary Chubb relished each other’s company in the Spring of 1944 after years apart. Donald is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery. The following month, Mary died in a plane crash near Coventry. Just weeks later, Donald’s bomber went down over the English Channel.

The siblings jumped at the chance to see one another, but neither could predict it would be for the last time. As the Allies prepared to invade Normandy, Mary’s brother Donald, a B-17 co-pilot, received a post nearby. A registered nurse, Mary served on an evacuation aircraft in England during World War II. One headstone at the cemetery belongs to 2nd Lieutenant Mary Chubb of Doylestown, PA.

To help the American Battle Monuments Commission tell the story of individual sacrifice at their overseas cemetery visitors’ centers, History Associates researched historic photos to tell personal stories of those who served and sacrificed. Just by seeing someone’s likeness, we begin to form a bond. Images are a simple and powerful way to enhance these stories. Looking at a sea of headstones tells the story of the loss, but not necessarily enough to grasp that each grave signifies an individual sacrifice. Standing amongst hundreds of rows of graves fanned out across the Cambridge American Cemetery in Cambridge, England, visitors can be overwhelmed by what each headstone truly represents.

Just one aircraft becomes the visitor’s measuring stick for the awe-inspiring breadth of the entire war effort.Īt the other end of the spectrum, objects help a visitor relate to big events on a personal level. The enormity of this macro-artifact communicates the magnitude of an enterprise that ultimately produced nearly 13,000 B-17s by war’s end. Paired with images of 100 planes, the visitor can begin to grasp the enormous scale of America’s wartime mobilization, and ultimately why the Allies won the war. B-17 Flying Fortress planes dwarf the tables at the Grand Opening of the US Freedom Pavilion at the National World War II Museum, January 2013.įor example, standing under the massive 104-foot wingspan of a B-17 Flying Fortress, visitors at the National World War II Museum’s US Freedom Pavilion are dwarfed by its solid frame.

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