JanscruggsVietnamWarstories@buzzsprout.com

Healing the Wounds of War --- Richmond Virginia

JAN SCRUGGS

                               A TIME TO HEAL
Ian Berry is a veteran of Afghanistan and a graduate of West Point.  He contacted me months ago to share his vision of finding Positive Outcomes for the city of Richmond with implications for, maybe, healing  Wounds of War on a wider scale.  Divisiveness and the cultural words of War/Civil unrest are deep in the heart of America.   Last year an divisive symbol was removed from places like Richmond, reminders of slavery and a war that cost 700,000 lives.   The symbol was the statue of Robert E Lee. It  has been removed.  

A new symbol is needed in the space known as Lee Circle.  What should it be?   We need symbols that create unity instead of division,  The symbol being planned is a place to honor the recipients of the Medal of Honor.     I hoped that the Memorial to Vietnam Vets would help heal the nation.     I have the same hope for Richmond with this endeavor...