Lawn Jockeys Iconic Ornament Stands Fast Amid the Swirl of History, Race Issue
Evansville Courier & Press › September 22, 2006
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He strides toward you, dwarflike: Please take this... this empty ring... this lantern... this hand....
He watches you, eyes baked in the sun, as if waiting for a reply.See the full content of this document
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Lawn Jockeys Iconic Ornament Stands Fast Amid the Swirl of History, Race Issue
He says something about race, without saying a word.
Driving along the outskirts of Washington on a late summer afternoon, you sometimes spot a head peeping out of a ragged patch of black-eyed Susans, and you wonder: What is that lawn jockey doing there? Who put him there? Why?Plaster saints -- we know what those stand for. On a more whimsical note, the same goes for the garden gnome, the...See the full content of this document
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