Disrespect along the Alaska Highway
Alongside the Alaska Highway at Km 1212.2, south of Teslin, sits a cenotaph to honour Corporal Max Richardson of Company "F", 340th Engineers, U.S. Army, who was killed near here on October 17th, 1942...
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While I agree that the writing in marker is the wrong way and wrong place to voice that concern, I do not see it as disrespectful to the soldier nor would I class it as Vandalism...both are overreaching if not outright overblown.
The sentiment is genuine and of a respectful nature and the person who did it was probably well intentioned, but juvenile in it's execution.
It's unfortunate but I would have just cleaned it off and notified the museum of what I had done and why.
Sometimes a case is better made subtly than with hyperbole.
The sentiment is genuine and of a respectful nature and the person who did it was probably well intentioned, but juvenile in it's execution.
It's unfortunate but I would have just cleaned it off and notified the museum of what I had done and why.
Sometimes a case is better made subtly than with hyperbole.
