Local Maryland Gov't Vietnam Memorial honoring Viet Cong

Montgomery County Gov't Building | 27 Oct 2014 | 11th_VA

[11th_VA]

How low can we go

In Montgomery County, Maryland, they have a Vietnam Veterans Memorial at a local Gov't building (dis)honoring Americans and Honoring Communist VC. In the photo below, the Vietnam Vet hat is on a shelf with a copy of the "Pentagon Papers".

On the shelf below, is a worn out American flag sitting next to a pair of dirty VC slippers (a sign of disrespect in many cultures) with the inscription, "Vietnam Vet worn 'Ho Chi Minh Sandals," with a short narrative how the Ho Chi Minh trail was used to supply VC.

[11th_VA]

FYI

[the OlLine Rebel]

I don’t understand.

Is this a “memorial”, as in statue, stone, etc outside for everyone to see?

Or a small cabinet display inside a building not directly involving MIL or VN issues?

Does not look so disrespectful to me.

I must laugh, however, at the poor spelling on the display placard - “sandles”. It is “sandals”, morons!

[Calvin Locke]

Then-Burlington, VT mayor Bernie Sanders had a Hiroshima and Nagasaki display at city hall.

I believe they neglected to also display Pearl Harbor, Nanking, Manila, etc.

[KoRn]

God.....

If my father saw that, he’d probably come back with a brick, some gasoline, and a flare. He’d probably be happy to get arrested for it too!

He was over there fighting those little bastards from 66-68(multiple deployments I think), and STILL harbors bitterness. People I talk to that knew him back then said he was a very nice guy, and when it was over, he came back “different”.

[beelzepug]

What government building? States like Maryland and a few others I could mention ought to have their status as a member in good standing in the united (small ‘u’) States of America changed to probationary until they either get squared away or leave the union.

As a Vietnam vet, I am appalled and highly offended.

[oh8eleven]

Where's the local VVA? As a 'Nam vet, I'd destroy this entire exhibit even if it meant going to jail.
This is the same BS the pinko-commies tried (1995) with an exhibit of the Enola Gay at the Smithsonian Air & Space museum.
The pooooor Japanese were just victims.

[NorthMountain]

That display seems to me to suggest a ‘moral equivalence’ between the United States military, the NVA/VC, and the marxist anti-war crowd.

I find that repugnant.

[11th_VA]

It’s a cabinet display as you enter the lobby of the Local Gov’t building

[glock rocks]

They need a Hanoi Jane urinal target.

[NorthMountain]

Gentlemen, with respect:

Please rescue The Flag, before torching the abomination.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ping!

[warsaw44]

I don’t see how this honors our enemy from the Vietnam war.

Wouldn’t this be along the same lines of having German or Japanese artifacts within a museum dedicated to WWII?

Yes, in some cultures, footwear placed next to a flag or showing the bottoms of shoes is a sign of disrespect. But that is not so in the American culture.

Its an odd display, not really well thought out and could use some filling out for certain. But I do not think it is an intentional act of disrespect.

[11th_VA]

I think it was done intentional ... the book ‘Pentagon Papers’ is a clue to the meaning of the display ...

[Jim Robinson]

UnAmerican pinko commie hippie freaks!

[DoughtyOne]

I'm sure Jane Fonda will make a pilgrimage soon...


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[day10]

Sandles? Seriously?

[woweeitsme]

Not sure why they would put a N. Vietnam artifact in with the American artifacts. If it were a separate display, I could understand it...but having it mixed with the US gear sure could give mixed signals.

[ExCTCitizen]

Did Jane Fonda fund it?

[ExCTCitizen]

Did Jane Fonda fund it?