The first time I came across this Veteran's Memorial in Prospect Cemetery it was on a leisurely walk on a sunny day.

I decided to walk over and examine it more closely ... and then began to read the names of those who were laid to rest in its shadow. It somehow made my understanding of that time more real - here lay real people who had given their lives, the real lives of real sons and brothers, fathers and husbands.

Upon returning there to take this photo there were a number of young people, perhaps in their early teens, who were doing much as I had done - and try as they might to be earnest about the effort you could see that it did not have the same impact - for them it was just a field trip - and I was happy for that fact.

The Editor