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	A Lesson From The Past ... Least We Forget
gmentgen
12-3-2008 2:12 PM
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This was the "photo that defined" the Great Depression ... what will be our "photo" ? ? ?

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}">MODESTO, California (CNN)</B> -- The photograph became an icon of the Great Depression: a migrant mother with her children burying their faces in her shoulder. Katherine McIntosh was 4 years old when the photo was snapped. She said it brought shame -- and determination -- to her family.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/02/dustbowl.photo/index.html?iref=mpstoryview"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cnn.com/img/8E665D12-4BA3-4FB4-908C-397314461E52" alt="Katherine McIntosh holds the photograph taken with her mother in 1936." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/02/dustbowl.photo/index.html?iref=mpstoryview">With the nation sinking into tough <A class=cnnInlineTopic 
href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/economic_issues" _extended="true">economic 
times</A> and analysts saying the current economic crisis is the worst since the 
Great Depression, McIntosh says if there's a lesson to be learned from her 
experience it is to save your money and don't overextend yourself. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/02/dustbowl.photo/index.html?iref=mpstoryview">She says she'll never forget the lessons of her hard-working mother, who died at 
the age of 80 in 1983. Her gravestone says: "Migrant Mother: A Legend of the 
strength of American motherhood."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F21402FF-25EB-4CD4-882F-DDFCEA354C7C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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