Museums and monuments
along the National Mall
Family relations engraved
on the Vietnam Memorial Wall

So much history
for us to recall
As one still seeks
a certain life’s call

So let’s reminisce histories
courageous stance
with Railroads trekking
toward Freedom Dance

A dance of equality
A dance for unity

We still have a ways to go
A certain struggles ahead
But we can remember others
who have shown us the way

“I will now praise the godly,
our ancestors, in their own time,”
Sirach 44:1

In celebration of black history month in the USA, I share a photo taken at the National Museum of African American History and Culture of Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, March 10, 1913) who was an American abolitionist and social activist and a collage pairing photo of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial. “After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage.” Wikipedia

This poem is dedicated to Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, a family relative who was killed during the Vietnam War and whose name is engraved on the Vietnam Memorial Wall, and the many others who have helped show us the way.