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c. 1917 World War I “THE FAREWELL” American Textile
c. 1917 World War I “THE FAREWELL” American Printed Textile, Extremely Fine.

Not listed or illustrated in “Threads of History" this Textile measuring 17.5” x 17,” printed in blue ink on white silk with a border of Stars and Stripes. A bright, fresh-looking piece. Stapled (hidden on the front) in the four corners to a card backing. Here, a young couple, a departing American Soldier and his girl smooches in front of a flag and two battle scenes; an eagle hovers above. Beneath is the short poem that reads, in full:

“When war clouds hover o’er the land we read of heroes brave,

Our officers on land and sea, o’er them we fiarly rave’

The real defenders are forgot, the men who fire the gun.

‘Tis they who’ll shield the Stars and Stripes, God bless them ev’ry mother’s son!

He may be wealthy, college bred, perhaps a son of toil,

He volunteers to fight or die, he loves his native soil;

No fame or glory be his, though through him battles are won,

Old glory will never cease to wave while we have men to fire the gun!”
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