This month's On
Display collab topic is
veterans. That word instantly makes me think of my grandfather, or
obtaining military records, of genealogy, of the government's offer to
give him a veteran's funeral, of war stories. The idea of veterans
conjurs individual veterans I have know, not the generic, heroic image we
honor each year.
As a side note, I am really surprised that September
11th wasn't some sort of official memorial day. Of course, I don't get
off national holidays, so...
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