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Misunderstanding Norman Rockwell

In 1976, as the country commemorated its bicentennial, an aging Norman Rockwell, then at the tail end of his career as America’s preeminent illustrator, painted his last magazine cover, Liberty Bell (Celebration). It was a tender—and notably low-key—tribute to national unity that doubled as a capstone for his body of work. For a decades-long stretch in the mid-20th century, the illustrator’s memorable images of…