I'm sad for our country that the Divider in Chief is either unable or unwilling or both to grapple with the gravity of our current situation. But that's not why I'm posting.
I read something in an article about a journalist who's threatened by the community he lives in for reporting on it truthfully. He was quoting the Soviet Refusnik who became an Israeli politician, Natan Sharansky, "Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society."
Has the USA become a "fear society?"
Anyway, today is Memorial Day. Last year on this weekend I paid a visit to the grave of Babe Ruth and his wife. I've always found it interesting how people bring their own personal baseball memorabilia to the monument.
Here's two photos.
Several years ago, I was in the passenger seat of a car driving through Waterloo, NY. This village, located on US 20/NY 5 about half way between Seneca Falls and Geneva, NY, claims to be the site of the first, official, community-wide commemoration of those who died in the Civil War. I took these pictures through the windshield. It was a wintery morning in upstate NY.
I'm not particularly proud of these photos, they are somewhat washed out and not as sharp as I'd like, but that's what happens when shooting through a car window while traveling at 30mph.
They could be worse. What is worse is that I've posted a couple of these before, around the time they were taken. So it goes.
Waterloo, NY isn't a major place, but it has the charm of a late 19th century upstate village.
https://kayester.blogspot.com/2020/05/monday-memorial-day-were-still-here.html
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