Vietnam War Memorial

We love this memorial.  So powerfully simple. 

Such a neat thing to see it lined with wreaths,


and decorated with a Christmas tree filled with ornaments honoring the fallen.

Loved showing the girls how you can see your reflection in it,

and how each panel is filled with names that are meant to be traced with fingers. 

 

Special thanks to the Vietnam vet volunteering that afternoon for his service and for his willingness to point out the name of a female soldier to our littles. 

 

"Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?" ~Henry Ward Beecher