Iconic photos through time

[HenryBHough]

Proof that, once-upon-a-time, American presidents understood that wars were for winning.

 

[R.D.]

Ol' Blue Eyes

 

[GreenBean]

Kent State Massacre - 4 Dead in Ohio The tipping point at home for the end of the Vietnam War. I remember when this happened. It was terrible! College students at Kent State were shot by the police while protesting the Vietnam War.

I Believe they were guardsmen not Police

 

[BDBoop]

President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Germany. Senator Tom Connally stands by holding a watch to fix the exact time of the declaration.

 

[BDBoop]

Kent State Massacre - 4 Dead in Ohio The tipping point at home for the end of the Vietnam War. I remember when this happened. It was terrible! College students at Kent State were shot by the police while protesting the Vietnam War.

I Believe they were guardsmen not Police

I honestly don't know, but thank you.

I put it in quotes because that's what was written under the pic by whoever pinned it.

 

[Amelia]

I guess we can't post the picture of the little children running down the road after being bombed with napalm.

 

[Amelia]

 

[BDBoop]

The Rat Pack!

 

[oldfart]

If you are squeamish, skip this one. But it is iconic.


http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/1955_jpg.jpg?w=2816

Emmitt Till was the last public lynching in the United States. This photo in Jet was the spark that ignited the civil rights movement.

 

[R.D.]

 

[BDBoop]

Paul Newman

/sigh

 

[oldfart]

I guess we can't post the picture of the little children running down the road after being bombed with napalm.

Unless you end run with a link, as I did.

 

[Amelia]

 

[R.D.]

 

[Amelia]

 

[BDBoop]

I guess we can't post the picture of the little children running down the road after being bombed with napalm.

Either way, like Oldfart said. Personally - we've all seen it. It's never any less horrifying but it is a huge part of our social consciousness, IMO.

 

[BDBoop]

1953 Queen Elizabeth coronation day.

 

[BDBoop]

1981, I got up at the butt crack of dawn when my baby girl was just 2-3 months old.

 

[Amelia]

Started to post Challenger explosion but couldn't ....

 

[BDBoop]

John's third birthday, his father's funeral.