Wednesday, November 11, 2009

corporal

"There had been about [five hundred] Spaniards at Daiquiri that morning,
but they had fled even before the ships began shelling.
In their place we found hundreds of Cuban insurgents,
a crew of as utter tatterdemalions as human eyes ever looked on,
armed with every kind of rifle in all stages of dilapidation.
It was evident, at a glance, that they would be no use in serious fighting."
~Theodore Roosevelt, 1899

4 comments:

Mama Cache said...

We have found it hard to get good shots of some headstones. This is perfect.

Henderson?

Liz Henderson (Hendel D'bu) said...

no relation that I know of...just interesting :-)

Stacy Christian said...

How appropriate for today!
"tatterdemalions"--gotta love that word!

S

Ari C'rona said...

Great shot, my dear! That quote puts me back into history... :o)

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