Palm Sunday

Published six weeks after Appomattox, this double-panel plate draws a pointed parallel between two Palm Sundays: Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem (left, labeled *The Savior's Entry into Jerusalem*) and the Confederate surrender (right, labeled *The Surrender of Gen. Lee and His Army to Lieut. Gen. Grant*). A robed allegorical figure labeled *Blessed Are the Peace Makers* bridges both arches, beneath the doxology *Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow*. The border medallions read *Liberty* and *Union*. The caption pledges to "hold out the olive branch to our erring and misguided brethren of the Southern States" — Nast's rare conciliatory note. The politics are Unionist and Christian in character.