Day 105
Cities are built near streams, rivers, energy. The Veterans' meal has found the stream, the energy. The river is the Veterans' memories, what they have learned, what they wish for us to know, their hurts, their victories, their comrades who did not make it. The river is their story. Let's go down to the river to hear, honor, and listen.
This is what makes the Veteran's Meal work. The energy from the river builds and powers a room full of camaraderie. This is what they need, a safe place to share. They need to be asked to bring memorabilia or medals. We need to see this, we must share in their honor and in their pain. We have found the river. To see pictures from someone we can touch and hear rather than a magazine brings the truth and reality of the war to our hearts.
We discovered the river. It has always been there. Will you sit by it a while and listen? It is important.
Geoffrey Burkholder, thank you for this germ of an idea: warmth, comfort, and food. At age thirteen he knew that was all there was needed for these men. Geoffrey has always been beyond his years! Thank you, son! May we see many folks sitting beside many rivers!
(Bob McAleer's photos)
(Bruce Belgarde photo's)
(Bruce Belgarde's photo)
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