General Peyton March, who served as U.S. Army Chief of Staff during World War I, sits with family and guests at a Georgetown–Washington and Lee football game in Washington, D.C. The American flag draped across the front places the scene firmly in its time, when military leaders were well-known public figures and often appeared at major social events. College football was becoming a popular national pastime, drawing crowds that mixed military officers, civic leaders, and civilians.
