but the cottage grove armory may. I wonder what will happen to that old building. I was walking around the almost empty basement of it the other day, past some of the old drill boards. what tales it could tell, but won't. I traveled to Salem yesterday and for some reason it was a day being exposed to far to many memorials of soldiers who had died in battle. outside the state capital there is a memorial to those from Oregon who received the medal of honor -- mostly posthumously. one or two went back to the wars in the early 1900s. the others were Vietnam, except for 1 world war two man -- a boy actually. then off to another building in Salem. you walk in the front door and there were far too many glass cases with far too many pictures of Oregon boys and men who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. how about no more stupid wars. how about no more wars generated by men too cowardly to serve when it was their turn. I saw an add on the internet offering "up to" 40,000 dollars to sign up for the military, plus "100 percent college tuition reimbursement." so you're in a small town in America and there are few prospects for jobs and the education system prepared you for little more than filling out worksheets. $40,000 and free tuition seems like a million dollars.
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