A new exhibit at the Albany Institute of History and Art features images and heirlooms of our first President, George Washington, as he was depicted in popular culture over the last more than two-hundred years. We take a closer look, and examine the impact of Washington -- the man and the myth. More reflections, at blog.amynelsonhahn.info...keep clicking those ads, folks!
Washington -- at ease
To this very day,
your image creates us
as a nation, as a people;
you rose so tall,
one of the first gentlemen
among us, and fought the first best fight.
All these semblances surround us,
all these homages that merely aspire,
merely hope in some casting way
to pay an immortal debt --
a critical, monumental urging
we suffer to sting us at heart
when the cause of your careful sacrifice
presents itself to our understanding.
Copyright (c) 2012 Amy Nelson Hahn
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