A ten-year-old girl shares the significance of the white table that dining halls of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force set up on Veterans Day. As she and her sisters wait her Uncle John, a Vietnam Veteran, to come visit, her mother explains the sacrifice he made for the country and for her.
This Veterans Day I had set up a white table and had discussed the meaning behind each of the items displayed on the table.
Small table-one soldier's lonely battle, white cloth-soldier's pure heart as answers call to duty, lemon slice-soldier's bitter fate, grains of salt-tears of family members waiting for their return, empty chair-missing soldiers not here, black napkin-sorrow of captivity, turned over glass-meal that won't be eaten, white candle-peace, red rose in vase with red ribbon-hope that missing soldiers return someday.
-Borrowed from the library.
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