What do we do today with these uplifting images? What do we imply when we attribute to them meanings that exceed the reality of that moment and of those people? While this is an open question for historians and for anyone concerned with the use of the past, it is important to remember that an image hides as much as it tells, exactly as our memories are propelled largely by things forgotten.
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