Kilroy Was Here!

[CorpGovActivist]

http://patrickj.smugmug.com/gallery/168336#12838273">At the new World War II Memorial, many people walk right by an easy-to-miss, yet poignantly whimsical, carving etched into one of the stones: http://patrickj.smugmug.com/gallery/168336#12838327-A-LB">Kilroy.

The theories on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here">origins of good ol' Kilroy are fun to read. As more and more inconvenient facts break regarding the so-called Democratic and Republican frontrunners from mysterious sources, just remember: Kilroy Was Here!

- Dave

KNPnta

[annabanana]

1. I will keep Kilroy in mind, and look forward to his work. . . .n/t

[CorpGovActivist]

9. Great!

: )

- Dave

[Lucinda]

2. My dad used to draw the same Kilroy :)

Thanks for the blast from the past

[CorpGovActivist]

3. Backside of the Memorial, toward Lincoln...

... and way down near the ground, by a service grate. Easy to miss, but heartwarming.

:hug:

- Dave

[Lucinda]

5. I'll look for it if I ever get there!

Thanks again for posting it.

[CorpGovActivist]

16. Look Us up!

[liberal N proud]

4. I learned something today

Thanks

[CorpGovActivist]

6. Just Another Day at DU! I Learn Something New Here Every Day!

[SeattleGirl]

7. That is so cool!

[CorpGovActivist]

8. I Love Taking Friends around DC ...

... especially to the easy-to-miss stuff that's right there with the "main sites," you know?

: )

- Dave

[SeattleGirl]

10. I love finding/having pointed out to me those things that might otherwise

be missed.

[CorpGovActivist]

13. The World War I Memorial Is Oft-Overlooked...

http://www.dcpreservation.org/endangered/2003/warmemorial.html">It's so little, and tucked into a small grove of trees off the Mall.

The memorial to the "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war_i">War to end all wars."

It's a tiny reminder of what we once stood for, and what we have become on the world stage.

- Dave

[annabanana]

11. FDR Monument one of my faves...

(had my kids get in the bread line, couple of years ago)

[CorpGovActivist]

14. Ours Too!

http://patrickj.smugmug.com/gallery/30137#1048279">The use of the outdoors is incredible, and the still pool symbolizing when he died, and then his energy resuming...wow.

- Dave

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. I like Pynchon's version of the band-pass filter

I read that in "V" many years ago now, and always was partial to that "theory" for Kilroy.

Everything comes from the Signal corps...

[CorpGovActivist]

15. What Makes You Partial to Signal Corps?

I am too, but curious.

- Dave

[CorpGovActivist]

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[Raine]

17. This reminds me of when I was a little girl

in my aunt's garage and I found this old figurine. The figurine was of this young girl with her hair in braids and obviously pregnant and on the bottom it said "Kiroy was here". I asked my aunt about it she was :blush: and said "Oh that's just something from WWII that people said and made a joke about". I was so young at the time I didn't get it, but now I see how funny it was and sure wish I had that figurine.

[CorpGovActivist]

18. Adorable!!!

Thank you for sharing that! I love hearing new Kilroy stories.

: )

- Dave

P.S. Besides the sentimental value, I imagine it'd do well on eBay.

[CorpGovActivist]

20. KNPnta