Getting brakes off of my mind

Since it looked like I’ll be stuck here for at least another night, I decided to do something other than think about brakes today.  I met Robyn for lunch at Red Lobster to enjoy their unlimited shrimp campaign.  You can order as much as you like for $15.99, but a serving of two kinds of prepared shrimp was enough for me.  We had a great visit as well.  Robyn got a call to do a life vest fitting, so on my drive home I decided to stop at the Munster, IN, Community Veterans Memorial.

I’ve visited a few Veteran’s Memorials along my travels, but this one was an especially memorable experience.  It seems each one of these memorials honors veterans in a unique way.  Munsing chooses to honor all veterans of the wars waged in the twentieth century.

The well groomed brick paved path begins with World War I, my grandparent’s war.  At each station along the path, you can punch a button for an oral history of the war complete with introductory music of the time, and ending with the cost in human lives of the conflict.

Each stop has very moving sculptures depicting the times.  World War II was my parent’s war.  The narrative that accompanies each stop points out each of the things depicted and explains them.  I sat and listened to each one. 

It was quite windy today, and the clanging of the unknown soldier’s dog tags in the wind from the Korean War monument was especially eerie.

Then, it was on to Vietnam, my generation’s war. 

I probably spent my most time here.

It’s never an easy visit for me to any of these veteran’s memorials.  My emotions just seem to bubble to the surface, but what an honorable place this was.

The Desert Storm memorial.

The future?  A young, proud boy holds his father’s army shirt and dog tags in his hand as he gazes through the broken glass to the future.  What will become of him?

Thanks for stopping by… talk to you later,  Judy