Millard's parents
have never been to the Wall in Washington and when I was
there last week, a man asked me to take a rubbing of his
name for Millard's
parents who have never been able to go to the Wall. The
man had been Millard's neighbor and still lives next door
to his parents. I gave him the rubbing and can't get
Millard out of my mind. I though that maybe his parents
could see him on the virtual wall if they ever visit the
site. I thought that would be nice for them.
He is on West panel 24 line 92 in Washington.
I'm a student at Columbia writing my senior thesis on the
idea of a site of memory and the Wall as a place of
collective remembering. I found the Virtual Wall site and
think that it is interesting in my study of place. Thanks
for your help and for all that you do. It really seems to
be a wonderful thing.
Sincerly,
Jen Hensley
jh409@columbia.edu
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