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I know that last time I promised to post from North Carolina today, but, I realized that i had inadvertently skipped New Mexico.
So, I will postpone North Carolina for the moment and revisit New Mexico, specifically, Lordsburg, As I have written before, Lordsburg has a wonderful memorial to all its citizens who have served. Recently completed (2021) it honors many from different wars and I have posted previously about a few of them. You can see those posts here, here, and here.
It is amazing to me that this memorial was built in a town of just over 2,000 people and during the war years it hovered around 3,400. Once again, I will praise what some small towns do for their vets while some large States have no official memorial at all.
Today, just a couple of pics, faces actually of two of the statues within the park.
In keeping with my Faces of Remembrance sub group.
This is the Vietnam solder honoring all who served.
This is the face of a female solder. It is not clear which, if any, war she represents. Perhaps just a tribute to the many women who have served, given their lives and all too often not received the recognition and respect they have earned and greatly deserve, I have written previously about the sacrifices of the women who served so valiantly in 'Nam. Most of us know of the eight women remembered on The Wall but many others Gave All for our efforts in 'Nam, too. You can read a little about them here.
Next time, on the 8thof February, we will return to North Carolina as previously promised, so join me there, as usual, at 9:00am.
To see Vietnam memorials from any state and Canada, Ireland, and Puerto Rico click on the individual names on the left side of this page.
If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia and Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, and Elli from Maryland, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here. Thanks, once again, to all who have contributed.
