365 Days of Walking the Red Road..............January 24

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"365 Days of Walking the Red Road"

January 24

A people without a history is

Like wind on the buffalo grass.

-TETON SIOUX PROVERB

In Remembrance

Of Ira (of the Pima tribe),

Famous for raising the United States

Flag over Iwo Jima with fellow Marines

During World War II. A bronze statue

And postage stamp later commemorated

The event. He died on January 24,

1955, at the age of 33. Bob Dylan

Immortalized him in the song

"The Ballad of Ira ."

YouTube - ny Cash...The Ballad of Ira

By: Terri

Ira

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