To the left is "Furling of the Flags" a painting by artist Richard Norris Brooke. The picture depicts Confederate soldiers retiring war flags at the news of the South's surrender at Appomattox Court House. This painting by Brooke records a pivotal time period in American history. After a long, bloody Civil War, this painting captures the essence of the Confederates disgust of their recent surrendering.
During the Vietnam War, many protesters across the country pleaded their case against U.S involvement in the Asian conflict. Many of these protesters were young college students. To the left is a photo during an anti-war protest in which many young students gathered to voice their concern to the local, state, and the federal government. This photo records just one of many similar protest taking place across America at the time.
I used to consider the anti-war protesters "free speech" but now I consider them the lowest point/vermin in US history. I know SO many Vietnam War combat vets and the hatred [from these "anti-war" types] they found "at home" hurts them to this day. I think of my cousin Peter, at SEATAC airport, a pretty young woman came up and asked him if he had been in Vietnam. He said "yes" and she said "I wish you had died." He told me as she walked away that he thought of every friend/brother he had seen die, the blood and agony.
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