Memorial Day, 2009

by admin on May 25, 2009

Veterans for Peace, Memorial Mile, Gainesville, FL

At 4am Saturday morning, volunteers working with the Gainesville chapter of Veterans for Peace set up their Memorial Mile again this year along NW 8th Ave. Thousands of tombstones were placed representing the soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.

Veterans for Peace, Memorial Mile, Gainesville, FL

It is a powerful and upsetting tribute. As it should be.

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betty 05.26.09 at 9:12 am

“It is a powerful and upsetting tribute. As it should be.” simply and perfectly stated

jusdealem 06.08.09 at 10:48 am

Extremely powerful. Extremely upsetting.

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