#Bales2023FilmChallenge September 13: Uncle Sam for #UncleSamDay
Even before a single note had come out of Mick's mouth, someone had punched him in the head. By the time #TheRollingStones open their set, the #HellsAngels are far into their $500 beer bounty, and the audience far out of their mind. Meredith Hunter, high on drugs, had brought a gun. And the Angels did what they were ordered to: stop anyone from getting close ☞ https://write.underworld.fr/settima/gimme-shelter-1970
Jagger seen from the back, wearing an Uncle Sam top hat. There's a sense of foreboding to it #Bales2023FilmChallenge September 13: Uncle Sam for #UncleSamDay It's December 6, 1969 and just like that, the 60s were over. It started out great, the West Coast edition of Woodstock. Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, a 300.000 strong crowd and, of course, The Roll...
Illustrator Thomas Nast was the first to popularise the image of Uncle Sam, around 1860-1870. Nast gave him a white beard and a Stars and Stripes suit.
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