That's soooooo sad. I can't believe it. How can things like this happen in the States????
I just wrote this email to the family of Paul Carter. This happened about 2 weeks ago:
A few weeks ago I visited the grave of Paul on September 17th because it was exactly 66 years ago since he lost his life. I would like to make a picture of it but I forgot it because of this.
I placed the flowers in front of the cross and suddenly someone was standing behind me and asked me if I am the person who adopted the grave. He was an American tourist, I think he was between 55-60 years old. We had a conversation about Paul and the adoption program and he made a picture of me standing next to the grave and then I took a picture of him standing next to Paul's grave. Both pictures were made with his camera. We were talking about remembering the sacrifices the men like Paul made and suddenly he gave me a hug and a kiss. I didn't know what to say at that moment. He went on and I decided to go home thinking about what happened and how thankful this man was. Back home I realised I completely forgot to take a picture but it was quite an experience to see how American people remember the troopers of different wars.
I hope the schools will go back in time and teach children some history lessons. Not only about WW2 but also about other historical markers which changed the history of the country or the world.
Frank