Consider another famous AP image

Comment by mod on February 10, 2009

On Feb. 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal shot his iconic photo of Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima. It is perhaps the most famous news photo in U.S. history. It has been used as the basis for countless works of art, including the gigantic sculpture near Arlington National Cemetery.