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Re: Memorial Day Weekend and Events Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII (fwd)
Poster: "Stephanie M. Thorson" <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>
Nils' mail programme is being troublesome - I'm just passing this on to
the list for him
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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Date: 26 May 98 08:12:07 CDT
From: PERS2737@dalh.jcpenney.com
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Subject: Re: Memorial Day Weekend and Events Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
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From: C.J. Schaffer
As i read this note a remember distinctly, during Dafydd and Elizabeth's
reign, carrying into a hall and helping set up free standing banners.
They used the kind of stands that Boy Scouts use to hold flags at their
meetings. They were obviously something purchased, not hand made. Does
anyone know what happened to these?
Nils
*** Reply to note of 05/26/98 03:22
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 09:15:05 +0100 (BST)
From: "Stephanie M. Thorson" <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>
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Poster: "Stephanie M. Thorson" <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>
Thyra wrote:
<snippage>
> 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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