On a cold November morning in 1982, thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., their breath visible in the crisp air. Some carried flags, some carried flowers, and many carried memories that had never truly left them. For the first time since the end of the Vietnam War, a sense of collective pause …
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In Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day I took the opportunity to go over to the Martin Luther King Jr. Monument. Upon arriving my initial thoughts was that the status is white and there is a couple mountains on both sides that are white with a piece missing where I first walked through to …