'Despised'

Despised: Men who refused the call-up were sometimes given white feathers, to symbolize cowardice. The box here contains 16,000 white feathers, one for each of the conscientious objectors in Britain.

Despised: Men who refused the call-up were sometimes given white feathers, to symbolize cowardice. The box here contains 16,000 white feathers, one for each of the conscientious objectors in Britain.