How crosses and mementos help these Marines remember fallen comrades
By Katrina Finkelstein and Derek H. Alderman
Thursday, Nov 4
On Veterans Day, people across America will thank veterans and active-duty military personnel for their service.
But many members of the public don’t have a clear understanding of what service means to people in the military. How do they honor their own? What kind of spaces and activities help them reflect and remember ― beyond one day a year?
We are cultural geographers who study how people’s emotions and connections with the past are represented physically in landscapes. Recently, our research has focused on commemorative place names in the military ― particularly names associated with the Confederacy, which the U.S. armed forces are now reviewing and renaming.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/military-honor/salute-veterans/2021/11/04/how-crosses-and-mementos-help-these-marines-remember-fallen-comrades/
