VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL

[ELAINE]

HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY , PLEASE DONT DRINK AND DRIVE
AS WE CELEBRATE THIS HOLIDAY IN REMEMBRANCE OF
ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED FOUR DAYS BEFORE
MEMORIAL DAY THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL IN DORCHESTER
MASS. WAS VANDALIZED. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE VIEDO
ON FACEBOOK .

POLICE ARE ON THE HUNT FOR A INDIVIDUAL THAT VANDALIZED
THE VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL I BOSTON . NEWLY PLANTED BUSHES
AND SHRUBS WERE RIPPED FROM THE GROUND , SWASTIKAS AND
OTHER DISTURBING GRAFFITI CAN BE SEEN ALL OVER .

TOM CUNNINGHAM , WHOSE BROTHER WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM,
ROBERT J. CUNNINGHAM, ALONG WITH 80 LOCAL MEN THAT WERE
KILLED IN VIETNAM ARE ALL REMEMBERED THERE . TOM , HURRIED
TO THE MEMORIAL AND AFTER SEEING IT , SAID , IT SICKENED HIM .
HE SAID YOU GOTTA CAMP OUT HERE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE
NOT GOING TO DESTOY IT .

THE VIETNAM WAR, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SECOND INDOCHINA WAR
AND IN VIETNAM AS THE RESISTANCE WAR AGAINST AMERICA WAS
A UNDISCLOSED WAR IN VIETNAM, LAOS , CAMBODIA, FROM NOV, 1
1955 TO THE FALL OF SAIGON ON APRIL 30 1975 , THE VIETNAM HAS
SECOND LARGEST US. COMBAT FORCE PARTICIPATION 17’4 yrs.
MY HUSBAND RICH SERVED IN VIETNAM AS SGT. AND DIED FOR HIS
COUNTRY AT THE AGE OF 30 .

FACING IT ,,,,,,

MY BLACK FACE FADES
HIDING BEHIND THE BLACK GRANITE
I SAID I WOULDNT
DAMMIT , NO TEARS ,
IM STONE ,
IM FLESH ,
MY CLOUDED REFLECTION EYES ME ,
LIKE A BIRD OF PREY , THE PROFILE OF NIGHT ,
SLANTED AGAINST MORNING ,
I TURN THIS WAY ,,,,, IM INSIDE
THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL,
AGAIN , DEPENDING ON THE LIGHT
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
I GO DOWN THE 58; 022 NAMES
HALF EXSPECTING TO FIND
MY OWN IN LETTERS LIKE SMOKE ,
I TOOK THE NAME , ANDREW JACKSON ,
I SEEN THE BOOBY TRAPS WHITE FLASH
NAMES SHIMMER ON A WOMEN BLOUSE
BUT WHEN SHE WALKS AWAY ,
THE NAME STAYS ON THE WALLS ,
BRUSHSMOKE FLASH , A REDS BIRDS
WING CUTTING ACROSS MY STARE ,
THE SKY , A PLANE IN THE SKYN,
A WHITE VETS IMAGE FLOATS CLOSER TO ME
THEN HIS PALE EYES ,LOOK THROUHG MINE ,
IM A WINDOW , HE LOST HIS RIGHT ARM,
INSIDE THE STONE ,
IN THE BLACK MIRROR
A WOMEN IS TRYING TO ERASE NAMES
NO, SHE IS BRUSHING A BOYS HAIR .

IN HONOR TO ALL WHOM HAVE SERVED
A SALUTE TO MY LATE HUSBAND RICH ❤️❤️

[Hippy]

Hi

http://themesbyhippy.ning.com/profile/MARGARIDAMARIAMADRUGA

Thanks ...

  Hugs Hippy...

[ELAINE]

Thank you so kind of you , hugs

[MARGARIDA MARIA MADRUGA]

[Hippy]

[ELAINE]

Yes , thank you Hippy I am aware of it I was fortunate to visit
There , seems people don’t care what they vandalize, that is
Pretty low when someone can do that to 80 men that fought
and died for our country pretty sad .

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[Hippy]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Memorial

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a 2-acre U.S. national memorial in Washington D.C. It honors service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died in service in Vietnam/South East Asia, and those service members who were unaccounted for during the war.

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