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Lincoln’s Proclamation of Thanksgiving: Context, Conflict and Commemoration.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Presidential proclamation that set the precedent for our national day of Thanksgiving on October 3, 1863. On that date, America was just past the halfway point in the Civil War. The great Union victories at Gettysburg … Continue reading
Capturing Occupy Wall Street: The Crawford Chronicles
Our great friend, the outrageously talented artist, Ron Crawford, has been spending a lot of time at Occupy Wall Street in lower Manhattan. Here’s another gallery of images that Ron has captured with his keen eye and splendid pen. Solidarity … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street: Thomas Paine & Ron Crawford Capture the Moment
Words by Thomas Paine — Drawings by Ron Crawford.. “These are the times that try men’s souls… “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands by … Continue reading
An Artist Occupies Wall Street.
My good friend, the great artist Ron Crawford, went to Zuccotti Park on Friday October 21st and did what he does best: capture a scene in a few dynamic sweeps of his gifted pen. Click on the drawing and blow … Continue reading
Ron, Wisconsin!
Our resident (and favorite) artist, Ron Crawford, sent us his rendering of today’s demonstration in New York by Screen Actors Guild members in solidarity with their fellow unionists in Madison, Wisconsin. (That’s Ron himself depicted in the upper right corner of … Continue reading
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Mr. Crawford Goes to Washington
Our favorite artist, the brilliant Ron Crawford, went to the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” in Washington DC this past Saturday, November 30th and captured his impression of the crowd of over over two hundred thousand folks. (Which dwarfed … Continue reading
A Mid-Year Celebration!
If nothing else worth celebrating happened today, June 30th would still mark the mid-point of 2011 — reason alone to pop a cork. But there are some very good reasons to mark this day with fanfare and hoopla. The first … Continue reading →
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