So if anyone missed me at the Memorial Day activities, now you know why. Grands are nice, but too much of a good thing can be bad. We were so wrapped up in them that before I knew it, it was noon, and too late to go take my normal 1000 pictures.
Every year the POW/MIA ceremony includes a missing man table with six empty chairs set up around a table on the Court Square to represent service men and women from the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard -- along with a final seat for civilians, American Red Cross volunteers and media who were killed in war.
The table is round -- to show our everlasting concern for our missing men.
The tablecloth is white -- symbolizing the purity of their motives when answering the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones and friends of these Americans who keep the faith, awaiting answers.
The vase is tied with a red ribbon, symbol of our continued determination to account for our missing.
A slice of lemon on the bread plate is to remind us of the bitter fate of those captured and missing in a foreign land.
A pinch of salt symbolizes the tears endured by those missing and their families who seek answers.
The Bible represents the strength gained through faith to sustain those lost from our country, founded as one nation under God.
The glass is inverted -- to symbolize their inability to share a toast.
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