Massachusetts XXXVII

I have written about the memorial i found in Charlestown, Massachusetts before, you can find those posts here and here.

As The Wall of Faces project progressed, more and, more actual photographs of the faces of the names on The Wall became available. This, of course, was the point.

The brick and mortar Education Center at The Wall was never completed but the on-line Wall of Faces isn available and I have referenced here a number of times. ( THE WALL OF FACES - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund)

I got thinking about the fact that in the second of my posts from the site in Charlestown that I had used the images on the memorial as the base for my Faces of Remembrance post about these lost heroes. I decided that they should be properly honored by using their actual photos.

The following are the six men from Charlestown who faces are represented non their memorial.

Edward Lee Johnson

Lawrence Thomas Borden

William James McNamara

These photos were all taken directly from the official portraits at VVMF and have been lightly processed by me. The quality of the available pictures varies greatly as is obvious here. Never the less, I will use photos at every opportunity to honor our lost brothers and sisters.

Next time, on the 6th of May, we will venture, again, to  Michigan to honor a few of the fallen, so, join me, as always, at 9:00 am.

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, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, 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 and/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.

I hope all those listed here will encourage you to send along photos.