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School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a festival in May 1942, Southington, Conn. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Mike Sax said:

  48 stars on that flag

• pretty chicken said:

  After the war the photographer worked for Fortune magazine, and later gave up professional photography to become a chef in Vermont.

• alla macchia said:

  Great Picture ! I invite you to visit and join my recently-created group: www.flickr.com/groups/italian_migration/
  dedicated to migration acrross the world, and to have this picture and other related to Italian migrants added to the group. Thanks.

• alla macchia said:

  Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo chiamato Italian migration. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere l’elemento al gruppo.

High above, over a true "home of the brave," the floating folds of the Star Spangled Banner symbolize the American way of life to soldiers in training for the battles that will bring freedom to an unhappy, wartorn world, Fort Knox, Ky. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• shapp snott said:

  Stars and stripes -- forever!!

• dooooooowop said:

  God bless the USA!

• Mark in NOVA said:

  I like the 48 star flag the best.