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RE: Make Love AND War? Valentine's Day During the First World War
Interesting. Not sure how much a role romantic love plays in war (although the Sacred Band of Thebes would be an interesting study for that), but brotherly love definitely plays a big part. Probably the number 1 motivation I've heard for most soldiers for staying in adverse situations, not quitting, and continuing to fight is to protect fellow soldiers.
Cupid does appear to be an expert marksman. He never seems to miss, and always hits his targets directly in their hearts.
Thanks so much for your input! Maybe an interesting follow-up post could be looking to see if that concept of brotherly love was better incorporated into the consciousness of World War I at home, especially here in Philadelphia of all places. Perhaps around the Fourth of July we would see something like that. What do you think?
That would be an interesting post, especially to see how that concept was expressed by soldiers and then if/how it made its way into the popular consciousness.