Remembrance Table
Rolling Thunder® Florida Chapter 7 performs our Remembrance Table ceremony at many events. Our Remembrance Table is set for 5. This place setting symbolizes all Prisoners of War and those men and women still listed as Missing in Action from all wars from the 5 branches of service.
Vietnam Veterans Gathering 8
Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall
On Top of the World
Ocala, FL
April 8, 2006
Photo courtesy of Marcia Stepanek
Remembrance Table
The chairs are empty. They are not with us today.
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The tablecloth is white symbolizing the purity of the soldiers as they went off to serve their country.
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The bread plates are sprinkled with salt symbolizing the tears shed by the families as they await the fate of their loved ones.
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There is a lemon on each plate indicative of the bitterness these soldiers must feel at being left behind by their country.
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The glasses are inverted. They cannot toast with us this season.
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The red rose symbolizes the love the families and their fellow comrades have for these soldiers.
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The red ribbon on the vase symbolizes the hope we all have that someday these brave men and women will be returned to their families and their country.
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