November 14, 2002
Photo:
A Gift of Life From Home
Kerr Eby #18
Charcoal drawing, 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-DB
Blood plasma literally puts new life into the veins of a wounded Marine at Bougainville. Donated in the United States, and often flown to the front, plasma saves countless lives that would be lost without it.
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army...our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms....Abraham Lincoln.
song playing....More Than Words