Re: Memorial Day Weekend and Events

["Stephanie M. Thorson" <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>]

Poster: "Stephanie M. Thorson" <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>

Thyra wrote:

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>   I dont have any solutions (boy wouldnt I be rich if i had answers for all
> these kinds of problems), but will choose to think that it may have been mere
> oversight on the matter.  I know there were plenty of active & retired/former
> military personnel there this weekend;  how do you feel about it?

I'm not in any of the services, but my father was (Army, Vietnam, two
Bronze Stars, etc, etc), and I spent a lot of my childhood on one post or
another, as Daddy was transferred.  Incidentally, he passed away a year
ago on Memorial Day.  I am just that much more sensitive about these
things as a result.  If I'd been at that event and seen an SCA banner
(anybody's) duct-taped over the memorial, I would have cried, plain and
simple.  I want to cry now, just thinking about it.

I do have a thought, though, on how possibly to avoid this.  Has anyone
ever thought about building a collapsible banner stand?  Since most SCA
banners tend to have a sleeve at the top with a dowel/string hanger
arrangement, I'm thinking of something basically like a pole (tall enough
to hold the banner up beside/behind the throne) with a base to hold it
fairly steady and a hook at the top on which to hang the banner.  I'm not
a woodworker, so maybe someone else would have some better ideas about
construction.  I am not envisioning anything terribly elaborate, just
something that could be easily packed up with the thrones and banners, but
would serve the purpose.

Alianora
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Stephanie M. Thorson			|  SCA: Lady Alianora Munro
Dept. of Scottish History		|  Clan White Wing
University of St Andrews		|  Tarkhan, Khanate Red Lion

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