Plymouth Library's Annual Veteran Photo Tribute Returns

In what is becoming a fall tradition, the Plymouth District Library is again collecting photos of veterans and active military personnel for its “Honoring Our Veterans” display. The display will be up and available to the public through the month of November.

Photos can be submitted by emailing them to print@plymouthlibrary.org The library staff can also scan original photos upon request. No personal information will be displayed with the photographs.

The library display will also feature a “white table” in November. Traditionally, the table is set with a white tablecloth, a black napkin and white candle, and a plate with a slice of lemon and salt. An empty chair leans against the table. The display is modeled after the table in the children's book America's White Table, written by Margot Theis Raven and illustrated by Mike Benny. It is
available for check-out at the library.

The tradition, little known to the general public, of setting an empty table with a white tablecloth in remembrance of prisoners of war and those missing in action, had its beginnings with a group of fighter pilots who flew in Vietnam. What was started by the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association, the so-called River Rats of Vietnam - has, during the intervening years, spread to other branches of the military where remembrance tables, or “missing-man tables” are set when units or commands gather for dinners or reunions.

For more information about the display, call 734-453-0750, ext 4.