Pennsylvania XXIX

A while back I traveled to the Scranton, Pennsylvania area with our friends, Mike and Nancy, because Scranton claims to be the Pizza Capital of the U.S.

Nancy is from that area and knew all the right places to visit. We had a great time and great pizza, who could ask for more?

The area is also a treasure trove of Vietnam memorials. Many of the small towns and boroughs in the area have memorials. Some are multi-war, of course, but all the ones we found included Vietnam in them or actually had separate, individual memorials to those lost or missing in 'Nam.

Today, I will share some of the elements of the Lacawana Court House Memorial. It, like so many others is a tribute to many wars and features quotes from our forefathers and other more recent notables like JFK.

The long wall that runs along the front of the court house contains many of these quotes.

In a section framed by two flagpoles is the Vietnam section of the wall.

Fifty six of the areas finest are remembered and honored here.

The picture, which is a bit unusual for a memorial, depicts not only the horrors of the war which were many, but also, the touching moments of decency and kindness that are all too often neglected or overlooked.

There are at this site a couple of other memorials to 'Nam, but I will leave them for another time.

Next time on the 14th, we will return to Utah, so, as always, join me there at 9:00am.

BTW, this is the 800th post in this series, I wonder if I will get to 1,000? I may need your help with that. More on that later.

To see additional memorials from Pennsylvania, or any other state, please click the state name on the left side of this page.