[1] In 1927, Wood was commissioned to create a stained glass window in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

They expressed a lingering anti-German sentiment in society, and other people in Cedar Rapids also protested the German source.

[1] Wood depicted his mother's clothing on the models, including a lace collar and amber pin he bought for her in Germany.

[4] Critics have commented on the juxtaposition of these women and the mythic painting of George Washington portrayed in one of his wartime feats.

[5] In her review of Evans' book, Deborah Solomon thinks that he overstates the case for Wood as a homosexual and pushes this view too much in interpreting his works.