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“World War veteran, Bonus Expeditionary Force.” Scene from the “Bonus March” on Washington, when thousands of veterans converged on the capital in 1932 to demand cash redemption of their WWI service certificates, a bonus that wasn’t supposed to be paid until 1945. Harris & Ewing glass negative.
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“It was the ugliest sound that any mortal ever heard—even a mortal exhausted and unnerved by two days of hard fighting, without sleep, without rest, without food and without hope.” – Ambrose Bierce, “A Little of Chickamauga” (1898)
Today’s video comes from a rare film in the Library of Congress, and presented on YouTube by Smithsonian Magazine where Confederate veterans demonstrate the “Rebel Yell”, the ear piercing scream(?)/shriek(?) that they could make whilst charging Union lines in the Civil War. It is a sound unique to the Confederate soldier, never heard before or since. Thanks to OpenCulture for the information and links.
From the History Channel, this video give a great little rundown of the history of Veteran’s Day, from it’s beginnings as Armistice Day, a move to accommodate Federal workers’ holidays, and back to the holiday we know today.
Use the images posted in this feature for writing prompts, warm-up activities, drawing templates or as part of an artwork critique.
Use the photos posted in this feature for writing prompts, warm-up activities, drawing templates or as part of a photo analysis.
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