Today I…
Woke
Up to Bagpipes
It happens more than you might think.
Living across the street from the state capitol, and
therefore Capitol Park, has its perks – great view, fun people watching, etc. It
also comes with a lot of awesome (and sometimes incredibly bizarre)
experiences.
As we live directly across from the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Memorial, it is a given that certain dates will bring with them gatherings
around this particular monument.
Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and even September
11th (when they read all of the names of those who died) are the main days as you might expect. Most of these
events involve bagpipes. The annual firefighters memorial and police officers
memorial both do as well. So… bagpipes…
pretty common.
What you wouldn’t expect at a VFW monument: a
wedding. We also live next door to a church which means weddings are pretty commonplace
too, but the one yesterday was different. They chose a monument with the name
of deceased soldiers as their alter. At first I thought maybe it was meaningful
to them somehow. Then the bride walked down the aisle to a Maxwell song.
Remember what I said about people watching?
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