Memorial Day ceremonies #15 - Marchers by goodoleboy
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The old Stars and Bars! The South will rise again!
Captured 5/25/09, at the beautiful Los Angeles National Cemetery in beautiful West Los Angeles, California.
More than 86,000 veterans, going back to the Civil War, are interred there.
A ZOOM is always recommended in this series.
Jocko500 should really dig this.
I was tempted to call these grizzled warriors Civil War veterans, but that would make them around 125 to 130 years old at best, and although it often looks and feels like it, even I'm not that old.
The colorful and well armed Confederate Johnny rebs were well represented during the march, but there were no Union Yankee soldiers in the ceremony, although there were some individual Northern bluecoats scattered around the cemetery grounds. In the future, the Yanks have got to show some pride, get it together and form a representative unit. Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman must be spinning in their graves.
Time flies. It's been almost a month since I took these pictures, and there are tons/tonnes more to come.
Tallyho.
Comments (8)
MrsRatbag
Grizzled, yes, but I love those uniforms; great chapter in your series, and well done!
Meisiekind
These guys look like they are straight from a 1940's black & white movie!! Formidable men indeed! Lovely collage Harry! :)
bmac62
Carin says 1940s, I'd add they look like old vets seen pictured in reunion photos from the early 1900s. I have a few old photos somewhere of Union and Confederate vets strolling the battlefield together at Gettysburg around 1910 or so. Imagine the stories they must have swapped. Oh, to have been there. Fine photos my friend...in all categories.
texboy
wonderful pictures! my great-grandfather fell at Shelbyville, TN, fighting for that grand flag and for Alabama... God bless the glorious Confederate dead!!
CavalierLady
Well, it's about time. :) I'm very proud to see our Boys in Gray represented here. :) God Bless all those who fought for the cause, whether right or wrong, they believed in it with all their hearts and souls. I've traveled to Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run, and several other battlefields, and these are fine representations of the older fighting Southerner. Nicely done, Harry, thanks for sharing!
jocko500
The south shall rise again. way things going in the country I hope soon. anyway this is super tops .; i do dig it
anahata.c
terrific captures! The guy on the far right leans in, I love that; and all three look like they're having a great time. (Well, they're not in the Civil War, so they have something going for them right there...) Yeah, they should've had North and South, but you got the character, pride, and humor of these marching men, and it's almost out of Central Casting. Love this montage. Great looking triptych, it strikes just the right note.
danapommet
Still following your Memorial Day collages. THANK YOU Harry for posting these. Glad to see that these guys are still out there doing their thing. Dana