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Uncommon Valor
 UNCOMMON VALOR 18X24 WITH A 12X19 IMAGE SIZE. DONE ON #300 COLD PRESS ILLUSTRATION BOARD IN FINE PENCIL. PRICE 250.00. THIS DRAWING IS A MODIFICATION OF A PHOTOGRAPH THAT APPEARED IN MAJOR MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THIS WORK DEPICTS FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IN A DESPERATE ATTMEPT TO SAVE LIVES. THESE MEN AND WOMEN ANSEWERED THAT CALL WITHOUT HESITATION WHEN THE UNITED STATES WAS MALICIOUSLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, ATTACKED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. IN THE ORIGINAL PHOTO THE FIGURE ON THE FAR RIGHT WAS ACTUALLY A CIVILIAN. THE ARTIST HAS MODIFIED THAT FIGURE BY MAKING HIM A FIREFIGHTER, SO AS TO KEEP IN THE THEME OF PUBLIC SERVICE. THERE WERE MANY ACTS OF HEROISM BY CIVILIANS AND PUBLIC SERVICE PERSONNEL, WORKING TOGETHER, BUT THE ARTIST WISHED TO HONOR THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE WITH THIS DRAWING. ONE CAN ALSO SEE STRIPES WITH THE DATE OF THE ATTACK IN THE BACKGROUND. THESE REPRESENT THE AMERICAN FLAG AND THE BLACK BAND AT THE BOTTOM OF DRAWING IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BLACK BAND ON AN OFFICER'S BADGE, A REMINDER OF THOSE WHO GAVE EVERYTHING SO OTHERS MIGHT LIVE.
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