"A Face for Every Name" Display in Monticello
July 20, 2017
They arrived early, one couple, three hours before the opening of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum/Wisconsin Public Television and Radio's joint project, A Face for Every Name, display of photos of the 1,162 Wisconsin young men who lost their lives in the Vietnam War.
The mood was somber, given the subject matter of the display. It was not an exhibit to walk away from ecstatically, but a time for remembrance of those native sons who, so young, lost their lives in a war that tore the nation apart.
In the background, a CD was softly filling the room with the music of the war America hated, and...
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