I will be thinking of everyone in the States today as you attend parades, picnics and memorial services to remember and honor our military men and women who have died in battle.Last year I posted this wonderful photo of Slim Aarons and his daughter Mary. Much to my delight, Mary emailed me to share more information about this photo and her iconic father.
“Your timing of this photo is quite fitting. My dad died the day after Memorial Day. Oh how he loved his window boxes. Each week he would spend hours planting geraniums and vinca.”
In addition to his celebrated status as a society photographer, Aarons enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 18, working as a photographer at West Point. He later served as a combat photographer in World War II earning a Purple Heart.
Photo by Lorita "Rita" Dewart Aarons (1968 or 1969).
