“The wind bit hard at Valley Forge one Christmas. Soldiers tied rags on their feet. Red footprints wrote on the snow...” WarHardBitsFeetWindRevolutionRedSoldierSnowValleysTiedFootprintAmerican RevolutionRagsValley Forge Book:The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg Source: The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg
“Three and a half million years ago our ancestors - yours and mine - left these traces [indicates footprints]. We stood up and parted ways from them. Once we were standing on two feet, our eyes were no longer fixated on the ground. Now, we were free to look up and wonder.” WayYearsLooksTwoEyeThreeLeftHalfWonderMillionsFeetMinesYears AgoStandingLook UpAncestorFootprintStood Up Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson