Research has revealed the purpose of the mural to be, as Shahn said, “works of art in which powerful compassion is innate, or which… will serve ultimately to dignify what society in which it exists.” There are writings on either side of the mural, apparently, they are famous words from a letter written from Vanzetti to his son from

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