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This collage is in honor of three men I remembered this week.
1) May 25 was remembered in Minneapolis as the date of the death of George Floyd, whose family called him Perry. I won't call him a martyr, because martyrs deliberately choose to sacrifice themselves for a cause. George, on the other hand, wanted to live and he was just casually stopping at a local corner store for a quick errand. And then he was murdered, dammit.
But his suffering and his death, just two miles from my home, changed my city and the world, and I thought of him this week, on the third anniversary of his passing.
2) Lilacs have been blooming in Minneapolis this week, including the bush that Rob planted in the back yard thirty years ago, 'Because every house needs a lilac bush.' He's been gone for over five years, but every spring, he sends me flowers again.
3) I went to Fort Snelling Cemetery today to leave flowers on my Dad's grave, as I do every Memorial Day weekend. Thanks, Dad, for your service. Love you and miss you.
Image description: Upper half of card: picture of the mural at the George Floyd memorial (at Chicago Avenue and 38th Street), with floral tributes on the sidewalk underneath. Lower left: a vase with blooming lilac flowers. Lower right: a gravestone at Fort Snelling cemetery for Allen Stewart Kerr (Peg's father), decorated with flowers and miniature flags for Memorial Day weekend.
Remembrances
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1) May 25 was remembered in Minneapolis as the date of the death of George Floyd, whose family called him Perry. I won't call him a martyr, because martyrs deliberately choose to sacrifice themselves for a cause. George, on the other hand, wanted to live and he was just casually stopping at a local corner store for a quick errand. And then he was murdered, dammit.
But his suffering and his death, just two miles from my home, changed my city and the world, and I thought of him this week, on the third anniversary of his passing.
2) Lilacs have been blooming in Minneapolis this week, including the bush that Rob planted in the back yard thirty years ago, 'Because every house needs a lilac bush.' He's been gone for over five years, but every spring, he sends me flowers again.
3) I went to Fort Snelling Cemetery today to leave flowers on my Dad's grave, as I do every Memorial Day weekend. Thanks, Dad, for your service. Love you and miss you.
Image description: Upper half of card: picture of the mural at the George Floyd memorial (at Chicago Avenue and 38th Street), with floral tributes on the sidewalk underneath. Lower left: a vase with blooming lilac flowers. Lower right: a gravestone at Fort Snelling cemetery for Allen Stewart Kerr (Peg's father), decorated with flowers and miniature flags for Memorial Day weekend.
Click here to see the 2023 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2022 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2021 52 Card Project gallery.