Today let’s remember those that didn’t come home. Don Cast and Norman Colissanti, RIP.
Memorial Day
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And the Gold Star families and friends of those who paid the ultimate price.
yes and as a swede with family in finland i would rather you excluded us from your tasteless weirdness. go back to your paper pool cue
I started this second thread to keep the focus on those who died protecting our freedoms. Please keep comments relevant to the solemnity of Memorial Day. Thank you!
Rusty in Montana
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Today I hope to attend at least 3 of the 4 Memorial Day Services it's a great day in my part of Montana with blue clear skies and no excessive wind yet for a change .
All gave some , some gave all let's never forget their sacrifices !
All gave some , some gave all let's never forget their sacrifices !
I posted this earlier this morning in the NPR Forum. Since some don't visit that forum, I'll repost here. This exhibit is worth knowing about.
ABOVE AND BEYOND
National Veterans Art Museum. Chicago, Illinois
Created by Rick Steinbock, Ned Broderick, Joe Fornelli and Mike Helbing
The Wall in Washington, D.C. is probably the best-known tribute to those killed in action during the Vietnam War. The only other exhibit honoring those killed in action is this one, which opened May 26, 2021, just over 3 months before 9/11.
ABOVE AND BEYOND
National Veterans Art Museum. Chicago, Illinois
Created by Rick Steinbock, Ned Broderick, Joe Fornelli and Mike Helbing
The Wall in Washington, D.C. is probably the best-known tribute to those killed in action during the Vietnam War. The only other exhibit honoring those killed in action is this one, which opened May 26, 2021, just over 3 months before 9/11.
- The installed exhibit is in a 10-foot by 40-foot space
- It is on the second floor of a two-story atrium, 24 feet above the entrance
- The changing breezes in the building cause the dog tags to create a sound similar to chimes
- It initially had 58,307 replicated dog tags, all created by Veterans
- Each hangs from a bent piece of stainless steel wire strung 1 inch apart
- Each has the soldier’s name, service arm and date of death
it is in God we trust, and our Veterans , we revere.
Rusty in Montana
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The first American woman POW .
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She was America’s first woman POW in Vietnam — and was never found
In 1962, Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti became America's first female prisoner of war in Vietnam. She's still unaccounted for.