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1. About 30 years ago while visiting my sister in Nuremberg my late brother-in-law gave me a print made from a work done by Joachim von Sandarart where the artist, in real time, memorialized the Peace Meal held in Nuremberg after the conclusion of the peace-making congress
2. held to implement the 1649 Treaty of Westphalia that marked the end of the Thirty-Years War. The dinner was hosted by the Swedish heir to the throne who had invited emissaries from more than 50 countries and city states to a big party in Nuremberg's town hall. Much of the war
3. was fought in what is now Germany. The work was reprinted as part of a Nuremberg art event. My brother-in-law gave it to me pointing out one of the participants who appeared to me the only person there who was armed. My brother-law showed me the caption that identified him 
4. as an officer in his family's army. To me it was like he was the bouncer at the big peace feast. Perhaps sometimes making peace takes a little nudge. 😎@POTUS @WHNSC @StateDept @GermanyDiplo @USEmbassyTurkey @USSOCOM
