My mother, Caroline, and I visited the impound yard where my mother’s crushed Lincoln was towed. My mom could not believe what she saw.

Near my mom’s car were a couple of old classics rotting under the sun and weather. One that caught my eye was this yellow 1929 Dodge Brothers car with its original wood-spoked wheels and a rumble seat. The grill logo caught both Caroline’s and my attention, as we hadn’t previously seen a Dodge logo with a Star of David.

Upon further research, it turns out that no one really knows why the logo was what it was back then. The two brothers went to their graves without anyone asking what it meant or what inspired it. Looking up the history of the Dodge logo I did learn that the Chevy logo was a bowtie copied from a hotel room wallpaper, although the wife of founder W.C. Durant denied his story and claimed he picked up the idea from a newspaper advertisement.