I know of no one in my family or circle of friends who contracted COVis-19 or have died from the disease. I never knew anyone personally who died in Viet Nam either. Or WWII. I have been to the tomb of the unknown solider and cried. And to the Viet Nam memorial and wept over the carnage. But, unfortunately few Americans have the oppo…
I know of no one in my family or circle of friends who contracted COVis-19 or have died from the disease. I never knew anyone personally who died in Viet Nam either. Or WWII. I have been to the tomb of the unknown solider and cried. And to the Viet Nam memorial and wept over the carnage. But, unfortunately few Americans have the opportunity to be present at these memorials and understand and feel the loss. So as we face a loss of life that surpasses Viet Nam and WWII (and WWI), how can be bring a memorial to a place accessibly to everyone? Perhaps regional memorials like the Viet Nam Wall? Or, as someone earlier in these comments said, a grove of trees somewhere close by different communities? I don't have an answer to my own questions, but I do wish for something, somewhere that more people devastated by this disease's impact on their own lives and the lives of their communities can be visited. And like the AIDS memorial, something that puts a name to each of the half million individual people we have lost.
I know of no one in my family or circle of friends who contracted COVis-19 or have died from the disease. I never knew anyone personally who died in Viet Nam either. Or WWII. I have been to the tomb of the unknown solider and cried. And to the Viet Nam memorial and wept over the carnage. But, unfortunately few Americans have the opportunity to be present at these memorials and understand and feel the loss. So as we face a loss of life that surpasses Viet Nam and WWII (and WWI), how can be bring a memorial to a place accessibly to everyone? Perhaps regional memorials like the Viet Nam Wall? Or, as someone earlier in these comments said, a grove of trees somewhere close by different communities? I don't have an answer to my own questions, but I do wish for something, somewhere that more people devastated by this disease's impact on their own lives and the lives of their communities can be visited. And like the AIDS memorial, something that puts a name to each of the half million individual people we have lost.