Remembering Memorial Day: "The Colors"

May 22, 2009


Gold and green are the fields in peace.


Red are the fields in war.


Black are the fields when the caissons cease


And white for evermore.

John T. McCutcheon, Chicago Tribune
The War in Cartoons by George Joseph Hecht (1919)

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1 comments:

Scotty,  May 24, 2009 8:27 AM  

beautifully understated... happy memorial day!

cheers!

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