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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Fallen Firefighters
This display appeared spontaneously at a West Hartford fire station the morning after Osama bin Laden was killed. Each flag represents a firefighter killed during the destruction of the World Trade Center.
Very interesting. I like Brattcat's phrase, "gardens of flags."
Re your comment about Concord! I know where it all happened. I taught American history! But some dumb dumbs don't and I was referring to the person you mentioned! Heh, heh!
Re the "beauty": Guess you'll just have to take my word for it ... ;-)
Very evocative memorial - and somehow all the more so after the tulips of the day before. Firefighters tend to be unsung heroes. We've hundreds out battling wildfires all over the country at the moment.
28 comments:
Wow! How symbolic is this!!! This has been quite a week so far!
Very nice remembrance.
Wow! This is why the City Daily Photo community is so great! Thank you for sharing.
so interesting to go from gardens of tulips to gardens of flags.
Very interesting. I like Brattcat's phrase, "gardens of flags."
Re your comment about Concord! I know where it all happened. I taught American history! But some dumb dumbs don't and I was referring to the person you mentioned! Heh, heh!
Re the "beauty": Guess you'll just have to take my word for it ... ;-)
This is a moving tribute and demonstrates the bravery and sacrifice of first responders. It is a fitting epilogue to the tulips.
A beautiful homage in your picture.Lovely flags!
Léia
What a beautiful tribute! Thanks for sharing.
A lovely way to memorialize our heroes. Nice capture!
The sadness just takes my breath away. There were so many of them.
Really a moving tribute, Respect! I did not know there were so many firefighter killed!
That's amazing and very moving! Firefighters are heros!
A very moving tribute indeed!! It is still painful to remember how many died that nightmare of a day. Marvelous capture, Jack, thank you!
Sylvia
A well deserved and spectacular tribute!
Wow. Very moving and also inspirational. A lot of feeling here!
A wonderful remembrance!
Very evocative memorial - and somehow all the more so after the tulips of the day before. Firefighters tend to be unsung heroes. We've hundreds out battling wildfires all over the country at the moment.
I like the 'spontaneous' here. I just shudder when I think back on it. This is such a wonderful gesture.
Wonderful display and remembrance
Really a powerful image.
Nice memorial.
Very poignant. We live in interesting times.
Beautiful gesture!
Spontaneously? This is truly amazing!
Amazing and wonderful!
This is a beautiful tribute, Jack.
A STRONG image!
Very poignant image.
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