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suffragette

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11. Great memory, Art.
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 10:20 PM
Aug 2013

Just made me remember something about those times.
When I was in grade school, I was a crosswalk guard for awhile. We had a bright, I think orange, sash and a flag in a staff that we hold out to stop the cars.
One of the crosswalks was several blocks from the school and across from a cemetery. We were taught to hold the flag in a certain way when a funeral procession of cars went by. I remember doing this several times. Because Vietnam was on the news each night, I would think of it each time this happened and wonder if the funeral was for a soldier.

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