[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Mayor! Thank you very much for today's Daily Bread.



On a somewhat different note, but relevant, it is my understanding that the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture by Felix de Weldon, depicting the five Marines and one Navy Corpsman who raised the Flag over Mt. Suribachi, includes thirteen hands hoisting the Flag.

I believe Rembrandt and de Weldon had the same thing in mind.

He is with us always!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

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That particular painting was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum in Boston about 40 years ago, and has never been recovered.

There were other Rembrandts, some Degas, and others stolen in the heist, but this was the profoundest loss, as it was one the only paintings Rembrandt did involving the Sea..