"No less a figure than Sen. Ted Kennedy made the connection a few weeks after Forman's photograph appeared: 'There are two pictures in which the American flag has appeared that have made the most powerful impact on me. The first was that of Iwo Jima in World War II. The second was that shown here in Massachusetts two weeks ago in which the American flag appeared to have been used in the attempted garroting of an individual solely on the basis of his color.'"
Louis P. Masur in Slate ponders the infamous 1976 photograph "The Soiling of Old Glory."
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