United We Stand Fourth of July Vintage Greeting Card

The proportions here are wildly off—a boy in a full Union soldier uniform towers over the other children while brandishing an actual sword at a kid holding a broom like a rifle, all in what appears to be a dirt alley where a tiny girl in a red dress watches in what can only be described as existential resignation. The child with the cowboy hat has decided to contribute to this patriotic tableau by also holding the flag AND what appears to be another stick-weapon, because one is never enough when you're six and fully committed to armed conflict. Meanwhile, the figure on the far right—dressed in a kilt and pom-pom hat, clutching a drum—has the thousand-yard stare of someone who has seen things, which honestly tracks when your playdate has devolved into a sword-broom standoff under a 'United We Stand' banner.