The Spirit of '76

This is one of my favorite photographs!  My grandmother is on the far right with the flute, her best friend Mae Grubbs is on the far left with the drum and the girl in the middle holding the flag is noted as being M.D..  The photo was taken in 1926 when my grandmother was in boarding school at St. Mildred's Academy in Laurel, Maryland.  She notes on the back of the photo that it was taken on June 9th, 1926 when she was 15 years & 6 months old.  The girls were doing their own patriotic version of the famous "Spirit of '76" painting depicting the American soldiers of the revolution.  I treasure it!