Thursday, April 25, 2013

Thinking of the Ending and Beginning of a War

My lecture in class this week focused on Reconstruction, the end of war and the continuing Civil War. So I've been thinking a lot about those final moments of the Civil War and the coming of the continued century worth of conflict. And that means this photo has been on my mind, the quintessential inversion of the rebel capital, as Lincoln is forever enshrined there, a constant reminder of how the war ended and how the war still continues with different means on different cultural fronts.

So a simple, peaceful image of a father and son for this Thursday.

But an image that portends so much more to come.

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