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In a small Irish town sits a stainless steel reminder of that country’s historic link to Oklahoma and the Choctaw Nation. Nine handmade feathers curve up from a concrete foundation, symbolizing the shape of an empty bowl.
The feathers, meant to represent the Choctaw Nation’s strength, kindness and humanity, are delicate and give off a metallic luster when illuminated by the sun.
The sculpture stands 20 feet tall near a popular walking path in Bailic Park in Midleton, a town of about 12,000 on Ireland’s southern coast. The work, named “Kindred Spirits,” is meant to symbolize the shared history between the Choctaw Nation and the Irish, which began with a $170 donation.
Though an ocean away, a mutual feeling of oppression united the tribe with the Irish. In 1847, the Choctaw Nation scraped together $170, about $5,000 today, to send to the starving poor in Ireland.
Two Naval aviators boarded a flight from Washington to New York. One sat in the window seat, the other in the middle seat.
Just before take-off an Army helicopter pilot got on and took the aisle seat next to the Navy guys.
He kicked off his shoes, wiggled his toes and was just settling in when the Navy pilot in the window seat said, “I think I’ll go up and get a Coke.”
“No problem,” said the Army guy, “Stay there, I’ll get it for you.” While he was gone, the Navy pilot picked up the Army pilot’s shoe and spat in it.
When the Army guy returned with the Coke, the other Navy pilot said, “That looks good. I think I’ll have one too.”
Again, the Army helicopter pilot obligingly went to fetch it, and while he was gone the Navy pilot picked up the other shoe and spat in it too.
The Army guy returned with the coke, and they all sat back and enjoyed the short flight to New York.
As the plane was landing the Army pilot slipped his feet into his shoes and knew immediately what had happened.
“How long must this go on?” he asked. “This enmity between the Navy and the Army…this hatred…this animosity…this spitting in shoes and pissing in cokes?”