It was a cold and rainy morning that almost kept me in the comfort of my hotel room.

Nonetheless I wandered out and down the dark rain- slicked street to the fenced- in field I had passed the night before. ‘Not what I expected: a memorial to soldiers who served in a conflict many would like to forget. I stood in the rain and thought back to a time that is slowly fading into the side pages of history.

January, 2016