Deocration Day Cartoon 1900

[porphyry]

I can't even tell if this is meant to be ironic or not. Too much Bierce lately.





"You bet I'm goin' to be a soldier, too, like my Uncle David, when I grow up."

Comments

[himmapaan.livejournal.com]

I'm inclined to think it is...

But perhaps I'm expecting too much of it...

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

I'm inclined to think it's not irony. In those days, the Middle Ages code of chivalry was still promoted, and to die a soldier's death was an honorable one.