In the Rain, in that Place – v2

I remember one Veteran’s Day

twelve years ago, almost

(where has the time gone)

the stillness, the tears

the overwhelming consequence

in the rain, in that place

Ten years after

the scar cut into the land

names written in stone

who fell so far away

in the jungles of Vietnam

the men coming home

to this hallowed ground

Tears of strong men

who answered their country’s call

falling in the rain in this place

on this holy ground

overcome by emotion

the power of this place

kneeling by the Wall

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edited May 26, 2014

“In the Rain, in that Place – v2”

Memorial Day

November 11, 2010

“In the Rain, in that Place”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/11/in-rain-in-that-place.html

Veteran’s Day 2010

and remembering being

at the Vietnam Memorial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial

during the 10^th anniversary

Veteran’s Day 1992

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Edited May 26, 2014

Left at the Wall – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/left-at-wall-v2.html

Memorial Day

August 5, 2006 18:05

Left at the Wall

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/left-at-wall.html

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