I know I should feel something, but that'd be a lie if I said I did. The day is not even an inconvenience for me since I don't do things like go in a bank. And our garbage collection is on Monday, so it won't even be delayed by 24 hours.
I'm not anti-veterans, of course. My father had two purple hearts from WWII.
That all said, I am super psyched another "gold BLOTUS statue" has appeared in DC, on the Mall. ....and right in front of the Smithsonian castle. ....not far from where we were married almost 16 years ago.
Pvt. Bone Spurs.
Oh, I don't think that's the official name of the piece.
if the picture below is any indication, it is called The Foot Soldier.
....and Toey is a nice touch, even if not a full-time part of the installation.
.....and Toey has nine hairs, making it the most realistic thing about the installation........I mean, except for the five deferments BLOTUS got to avoid the draft. He's happy enough to send your kids to war though. Oh - and grandkids maybe for my reading audience.
While I love that the creator of all these gold statues are anonymous, I also love how the National Park Service - a US government agency - are giving permits to put them in place.
I'd have figured whomever was granting these would have long been fired.
So Happy Veteran's Day...............to those who WERE veterans, that is.
Song by:Björk
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