Anna Lee is fortunate to have two cousins living in the general DC area. We drove to Philadelphia to visit with Barbara and Bob. While the men and Cheryl headed over to Night Kitchen, a fantastic bakery, Barbara and Anna Lee caught up on lives, books and politics.
They also compared common Costco purchases. If you want to know more, ask. After a delicious crabcake dinner, we planned for getting together on our next trip East.
A couple of days later, we headed to Virginia to enjoy lunch and family talk with Conne and Mark. Conne is an excellent videographer and showed us the videos of her talented family.
We also got to see some of their grandson’s bar mitzvah. Again, we made plans for getting together later in the year.
About the museum. PBS had an excellent documentary about Jews in the US military called GI Jews. The Natl. Museum of American Jewish Military History is small but interesting.
The head of the museum was the source for much of the information in the PBS show. The issue of the banning and discrimination faced by Jews who want to serve their country is presented along with examples of the service given by many new immigrants to America. There are displays of many personal effects from Jewish veteran vets. A wall is filled with medals and information about those honored for their heroism including several who received the Congressional Medal of Honor.
This ark was made by a Chinese soldier who saved the life of Chaplain Morris Gordon. Gordon used it in Burma during WWII.
This camouflage yarmelka was used for High Holiday services in Da Nang.
The Chapel is small but has beautiful stained glass windows.
This portable ark and altar fit in a medical department foot locker that belonged to Chaplain Martin Weitz who used it in the South Pacific during WWII. The back is covered by a silk parachute from a Japanese pilot. The Ten Commandments are from an aluminum remnant from a Japanese Zero. Japanese and American 105 mm shells are used to make the candlesticks.
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