This being election day 2008, there was an interesting story in today's Chicago Tribune about a photograph taken back in 1946.
During a 1946 voter registration drive, the mother of Charles Linn parked his stroller out in front of a sign reading " Don't Cry.. About Bad Government If You Don't Vote!! Register Now." And, as if on cue, or perhaps he missed his mother, Charles Linn started crying and the moment was captured by a Tribune photographer.
Now, how's that for being in the right place at the right time. The picture was published in the Tribune the next day, October 6, 1946.
Charles Linn was stricken by polio as a child, but didn't let that stop him. He went on to be a lawyer and active in many social causes before dying in 1998.
I guess today, if Linn's mother left him outside a store, she'd be arrested for child endangerment.
Hope this gets through to those who didn't register or who don't vote. I'm out of here in a few hours to vote myself. Pretty important election you might say.
A Trip Back. --Cooter
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