Photo of the Day
‘Come to the aid of your country.’
When are you too old to serve?
In 1861, when American men averaged a forty-year life span, John Burns found out the answer to that question was age 69.
John was a combat veteran who’d seen action in the War of 1812 and in the Mexican-American War.
And in 1861, the Southern states were bent on destroying America.
https://open.substack.com/pub/look/p/photo-of-the-day-417?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#history #photography
Bob Jamieson /
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