America's White Table (2005)
“This choice was made to allow America’s White Table to represent every branch of the military, and be a universal sign of brotherhood for all MIAs and POWs.
As a symbol of missing and captive service members, the MIA/POW table originated during the time of the Vietnam War. All known American prisoners of war (POWs) were released in 1973, following the Paris Peace Agreement between North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States. While the agreement ended the long war, open wounds were left in America’s national consciousness. An unpopular war in America, the Vietnam War brought hard times to our nation and even more so to its veterans. The soldiers and military personnel sent to serve there in active combat returned to an unfriendly homeland that largely didn’t honor their service and sacrifice of self on foreign soil.
However, out of those troubling times came new outward symbols of caring for our MIA and POW service members. Initiated by loving family members and concerned organ...izations, these outward symbols included: POW bracelets, yellow ribbons, a POW flag, and the MIA/POW Remembrance or Missing Man Table.MoreLess
As a symbol of missing and captive service members, the MIA/POW table originated during the time of the Vietnam War. All known American prisoners of war (POWs) were released in 1973, following the Paris Peace Agreement between North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States. While the agreement ended the long war, open wounds were left in America’s national consciousness. An unpopular war in America, the Vietnam War brought hard times to our nation and even more so to its veterans. The soldiers and military personnel sent to serve there in active combat returned to an unfriendly homeland that largely didn’t honor their service and sacrifice of self on foreign soil.
However, out of those troubling times came new outward symbols of caring for our MIA and POW service members. Initiated by loving family members and concerned organ...izations, these outward symbols included: POW bracelets, yellow ribbons, a POW flag, and the MIA/POW Remembrance or Missing Man Table.MoreLess
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