we remember

[chelidon]

From humidcityloki:

One Year. One Year ago the devastation of our city began. If you would
like to show support for New Orleans please join us in spreading this
meme. Please post the following image on your site or blog by
inserting the following code. It will not drain your server resources
as that will display it from my own flickr account. Thank you. Now I
need a drink...

{a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/humidcity/223257759/" title="Photo Sharing"}
{img src="http://static.flickr.com/94/223257759_d8a7130727.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Anniversary" /}
{/a}


(replace { and } with < and > if you cut and paste into your journal)

Comments

[keigan.livejournal.com]

Hehe

At first, I thought it was about my province because of the "fleur de lys". ;)

[keigan.livejournal.com]

Oh and incidentally, our province (Québec) motto is "I remember".

[snakey.livejournal.com]

My first thoughts were the House of Lancaster or the Welsh Rugby Union. :S

[keigan.livejournal.com]

Well it seems everyone has borrowed that French symbol! :P

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Hard to improve on a classic...

It's always amazed me how much impact French culture and history has had on the history and culture of the United States, and how little attention that is typically given. Most obvious example: Revolutionary War? Wouldn't have happened, but for the French.

A lot of this country's soul, particularly that portion which was most heavily-influenced by French-speaking peoples, came out of New Orleans and surrounding areas. And it still is there, but hanging tenously to life. I hope the soul of New Orleans comes back to full, healthy vigor. This country needs it, sans doute.

[keigan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I need to go visit one day.