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.
Monday, May 9, 2022
Assistants at the Swedish History Museum, sitting on the 12th century bench from Kungsåra church. Stockholm, 1908.
The ladies are, from left to right, Sigrid Leijonhufvud, Rosa Norström, Märta Leijonhufvud and Fanny von Haartman
Off course their names are
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing craftsmanship
Each of those ladies appears to have an amazing head of hair.
ReplyDeleteClass meets craftsmanship...Art.
ReplyDeleteDon't know any of em.
ReplyDeleteAh, they were better times.
ReplyDeleteAnd 4 dragons carved into the bench.
ReplyDeleteSigrid, Rosa, Marta & Fanny... I wonder how those names stack up with Swedish names today?
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