The wages of war

"A hospital alone shows what war is."
-- All Quiet on the Western Front

On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War.

The U.S., of course, eventually was drawn into the madness of the suicide of Western Civilization. Ironically, many of those Americans who eagerly marched off to the "War to end all wars" would, on the same date 14 years later, be driven out of their own nation's capital... by the U.S. Army:

While awaiting a vote on the issue, the veterans conducted themselves in an orderly and peaceful fashion, and on June 15 the Patman bill passed in the House of Representatives. However, two days later, its defeat in the Senate infuriated the marchers, who refused to return home. In an increasingly tense situation, the federal government provided money for the protesters' trip home, but 2,000 refused the offer and continued to protest. On July 28, 1932, President Herbert Hoover ordered the army to evict them forcibly. General MacArthur's men set their camps on fire, and the veterans were driven from the city. Hoover, increasingly regarded as insensitive to the needs of the nation's many poor, was much criticized by the public and press for the severity of his response.

The reality is the State is only too happy to show the pregame ceremonies and the victory parties... but it prefers you not look at the locker room after the contest. That might harsh the mellow.