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  • Roadside memorials: grief or distraction?

    08/05/2005 1:20:11 PM PDT · by Willie Green · 64 replies · 1,259+ views
    Tri-Town Transcript ^ | Thursday, July 28, 2005 | Renee Seymour
    For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Deaths from vehicle crashes leave surviving family members and friends of victims with a hole in their hearts and no safe place to grieve at the spot where the deaths occurred. Whether in pursuit of closure, remembrance or hopeful prevention, creating a roadside memorial has been an increasingly common practice for those who've lost someone. Whether these memorials are helpful or harmful, though, has become a controversy across the country. "It's a recent phenomena," said Middleton Police Chief Paul Armitage of the memorials. "I've been here 36 years and we used...