Posted on 03/25/2015 4:59:48 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
A photographer named Matthew Munson took several photos during a recent visit to Washington, D.C., and one in particular is stirring up conversation about American history, parenting, and respect.
Munson shared his photos to Facebook, and there's some standard DC fare—that obelisk called the Washington Monument, some military memorials.
But one of Munson's memorial photos speaks volumes without making a sound.
It's an image of the Vietnam Women's Memorial, which serves to honor the women who served during the U.S. war with Vietnam, from 1955 to 1975. Atop this statue is a young girl using it like playground equipment. On the ground, another young girl appears to be climbing up. All this as a military veteran in a wheelchair, presumably escorted by family members, goes by.
The man pushing the veteran's wheelchair has a look of palpable disgust. The veteran himself has an unplaceable, one-of-a-kind look that hardly suggests pleasant thoughts. And Munson's Internet audience, chiming in with their comments on this particular photo, are similarly disappointed.
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Um, kids do tend to play. Don’t they.
Is it a little Mexican? Looks like it in the pic.
I will cut some slack for the kids. They are probably too young to know better, but their parents should have taught them to respect older people and war memorials. Where are the parents?
What do kids know without supervision?
That ‘vet’ doesn’t seem too pleased.
If I had been there I would have done to those little butts what the parents probably failed to..
Tennessee Nana
USAF 72-79
Nice to see some joy out of such an ugly piece of history.
They’re Americans in waiting, give’em a break.\s
The statue seems to be inspired by The Pieta, an iconic pose of Mary with an adult dead Jesus figure sprawled prone over her lap. Children will play, and the parent may not have even known the story of this particular piece. If you are creating a 3D sculpture to stay outside, you have to plan for such possibilities of rough handling.
Looks Mex.
Wrong. I’m not furious. Therefore everyone is NOT furious about it
If you could ask the deceased from Vietnam about it, they’d probably laugh and say it’s fine.
Kids do tend to play on statues.
Prov 20:11a Even small children are known by their actions...
Respectful kids, even young ones, would know it’s not a toy.
It just shows they have never been given boundaries.
Depends. If you were there, you’d have been part of the best young men this country has ever put together.
Conversely, if you’re our age and you didn’t go, you’re useless.
“Nice to see some joy out of such an ugly piece of history.”
Really, do tell.
Yup. And they will do things right after their parents tell them not to.
What do you mean?
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