[...] We saw boulevards lined with flags, and loved ones visiting and decorating final resting places.  And by chance, of all the names in the cemetery, we noticed one particular stone that had more flowers and flags than most: that of Thomas Burnett, Jr., whose memorials we have seen in both Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Mall of America. [...]

Fortunately, I had seen a news article a while ago, when they had started the lockdown drills, so I wasn’t completely freaked out by it.

It was also done at a time when the mall had just opened and was very, very quiet, so it affected fewer shoppers.

(As an aside, if you’re ever going to go to MOA, try a Wednesday or Thursday if you don’t like crowds. Weekends are a zoo!)

Linda

Isn’t it funny how you discover some of the most interesting things when you’re doing something else?
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