This year…
No thin crowds lining Glenview Road
No laughter from milling children
No salutes before the Glenview monument
Still a quiet respect for those who served
Still a memory of my uncle, a naval aviator, lost at sea
Still a fierce salute for those who served the nation
No long prayers
No solemn speeches
No crack of rifles before the war monument
Still a Memorial Day for those we lost
Still a quiet homage to those we lost
Still an ache on quiet Glenview Road
No crack of rifles
No thin hands waving small flags
Still a silent salute to those who served
Still on Glenview Road
…2020
Mia Bass photos from 2018.
Jim Sullivan text from 2020.