Memorial Day a Day For Remembering
By sally edelstein / May 30, 2016Memorial Day has the word “memorial” for a reason
More than a Monday spent at beaches, backyard barbecues and blockbuster movies, Memorial Day is the day we remember and honor those who died serving our country.
Unlike Veterans Day it is not a celebration; it was intended to be a day of solemn contemplation over the high cost of freedom.
Come together
In this time of divisiveness and polarization, of spectacle and mud-slinging, it is more than ever important to stop, come together, and remember those who have given their all.
Today we pay homage to all the soldiers who didn’t come home.
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May 24, 1940~ First attempt to assassinate Leon Trotsky, Coyoacán, Mexico
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky by Frida Kahlo
1937 / Oil on masonite / 30”x24” / National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Previous May 24 posts:
Love & War~ May 24
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze: Born May 24, 1816
Bob Dylan: Born May 24, 1941
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/24~
May 22, 1844~ American painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt is born
After the Bullfight by Mary Cassatt
1873 / Oil on canvas / 32 1/8”x25 3/16” / Art Institute of Chicago
Previous May 22 posts:
Love & War~ May 22
Richard Wagner~ Born May 22, 1813
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/22~
May 10, 1908~ First “official” U.S. Mother’s Day observance (Anna Jarvis)
Mother and Child by Norah Neilson Gray
1920s / Oil on canvas / 30 5/16”x22 7/16” / Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Previous May 6 posts:
Love & War~ May 10
Fred Astaire: Born May 10, 1899
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/10~
May 6, 1935~ FDR establishes the Works Progress Administration
Noah’s Ark Mural by Helen Forbes and Dorothy Puccinelli
1938 / Egg Tempera / 1,200’ expanse / San Francisco Zoo Mother’s Building
Works Progress Administration (WPA) (1935)~
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/works-progress-administration-wpa-1935/
Previous May 6 posts:
Love & War~ May 6
Nora Clench~ May 6, 1867-May 17, 1938
Rudolph Valentino: Born May 6, 1895
Kentucky Derby: May 6, 2017
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/6~
Notre-Dame: The story of the fire in graphics and images – BBC News
March 25, 1932~ Norwegian painter Harriet Backer dies at 87
Blått Interiør (Blue Interior) by Harriet Backer
1883 / Oil on canvas / 33”x26” / National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
Previous March 25 posts:
March 25~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Arturo Toscanini: Born on March 25, 1867
Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/25~
March 21 1859~ National Gallery of Scotland opens in Edinburgh
Seine Boat by Joan Eardley
c.1960 / Oil on canvas / 24 1/4”x20” / National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Previous March 21 posts:
March 21~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Modest Mussorgsky: Born March 21, 1839
Al Williamson: Born March 21, 1931
Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/21~
March 20: Vernal Equinox~ The First Day of Spring!
Primavera (“Allegory of Spring”) / Sandro Botticelli / c. 1482 / Tempera on panel / Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Botticelli’s Primavera
http://www.italianrenaissance.org/a-closer-look-botticellis-primavera/
All you need to know: March equinox
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-vernal-or-spring-equinox
March 11, 1893~ American artist Wanda Gág born
Ploughed Fields by Wanda Gág
1936 / Lithograph / Image: 8 7/8”x11 1/4” / Various collections, incl. Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Previous March 11 posts:
March 11~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Premiered March 11:
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