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.
Friday, October 3, 2025
Bronze lion head handle on the doors to the Scottish Rite House of the Temple, 16th Street, NW Washington DC ~ Designed by architect John Russell Pope in the 1930's.
Has a certain Roman influence to it, very nice. Excellent craftsmanship.
ReplyDeleteIn a certain light, it casts an eerie likeness to Jacob Marley.
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"Nice Knockers"
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