You’ve probably already read Megan Margulies’ op-ed in the Washington Post about her grandfather Joe Simon, and what the Cap he helped create stands for in this world. (It’s currently on the WP website.) But just in case you missed it … they’ve illustrated it with a pic that might have been taken during the great Sam Cap VP snowball fight.

copperbadge:

It’s a great piece – and yeah, that image actually inspired the snowball fight fic! 

My Cap hat and gloves are standard protest wear for me. The first time I felt weird, because Cap has sometimes been such a representative of the establishment, but I caught people smiling at the gloves and felt better about it. I like the fact that the protests are reclaiming the symbols of the country – that protesters can march under the US flag and under the Cap shield is a really great thing, I think.