Delaware XVIII

Fewer than ten miles northeast of Wilmington, right along the Delaware river, is Claymont.

In the news recently for the dedication of a beautiful memorial to those lost in the GWOT, the town also has a POW/MIA memorial.

Located on Commonwealth Avenue near E. Brandywine, it rests in the middle of the median strip. I find this just a little odd and can find no information about its placement or history.

Simplicity itself and yet still dignified and important.

While not actually Vietnam specific the whole POW/MIA issue seems to have grown out of the Vietnam war and these memorials will always scream 'Nam to me.

Next time, on the 21st, we will return to Maryland, so meet me there, as always, at 9:00am.

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