And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
..and I believe the photo was taken at the Tampa Bay Hotel, now the University of Tampa. http://www.worldatlas.com/upload/ae/19/c9/640px-old-tampa-bay-hotel07.jpg
Col Babe Ruth and Gen Pershing
ReplyDeleteI id'd General Pershing, but not the chubby bloke.
DeleteSaluting with their left hands?
ReplyDeleteNegative has been printed the wrong way round!
ReplyDeletepershing and eisenhower??
ReplyDeleteFirst commenter had it right.
ReplyDeletehttps://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/05/25/private-babe-ruth/
Except for the rank.
DeleteGot to watch out for those sinister fellers.
ReplyDelete..and I believe the photo was taken at the Tampa Bay Hotel, now the University of Tampa.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.worldatlas.com/upload/ae/19/c9/640px-old-tampa-bay-hotel07.jpg
Built by Henry Plant. I drive by it on a frequent basis.
DeleteAmerica's highest ranking General, Blackjack Pershing and some dude that knocked a ball around for a living.
ReplyDeleteLooked at it and thought Pershing and Babe Ruth. But it can't be Babe Ruth so who? Apparently, I should have gone with my first impression.
ReplyDeleteExcept, the picture is reversed.
ReplyDeleteBlack Jack and Babe. Two heavy hitters.
ReplyDeleteThey flipped the negative over when printing for some visual reason in the dark room. Prolly not a soldier.
ReplyDeleteHeroes get remembered but LEGENDS NEVER DIE
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