Queen Anne’s County joins The Legacy Honor Project “From the Mountains to the Sea – Maryland Remembers” to Honor Our Missing on POW/MIA National Recognition Day, September 19
A Missing Man Table is set up in the lobby of the Liberty Building.
Missing Man Table
A Setting for One- to Symbolize All
The Table is Round – to show our everlasting concern.
The Cloth is White – symbolizing the purity of their motives
when answering the call to serve.
The Single Red Rose - reminds us of the lives of these
Americans and their loved ones and friends who keep the faith,
while seeking answers.
The Yellow Ribbon - symbolizes our continued uncertainty,
hope for their return and determination to account for them.
A Slice of Lemon - reminds us of their bitter fate, captured or
missing in a foreign land.
A Pinch of Salt - symbolizes the tears of our missing and their
families.
The Lighted Candle - reflects our hope for their return.
The Bible - represents the strength gained through faith to
sustain us and those lost from our country, founded as one Nation
under God.
The Glass is Inverted – to symbolize their inability to share a
toast.
The Chair is Empty – they are missing…………