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<p>An overlooked cohort of American women who served in the first world war worked to establish service, instead of statuary, as a mode of memorialization. Their example offers a path out of the heated politics of commemoration. </p>
Poet Emmett Wheatfall retired from his day job at the end of 2019, narrowly avoiding the rapidly changing workplace culture that often demanded mental compartmentalization amid an unprecedented pandemic. But he didn’t stop working.
<p>An overlooked cohort of American women who served in the first world war worked to establish service, instead of statuary, as a mode of memorialization. Their example offers a path out of the heated politics of commemoration. </p>
Yassmin Abdel-Magied has taken a brutal swipe at the Queen during her platinum jubilee celebration tweeting the presence of Union Jack flags is like ' waking nightmare'.
Two new monuments have been put up in Veterans Memorial Park to honor Purple Heart recipients and war dog handlers.