3888 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

A beautiful photo of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Washington Monument in the background. The Vietnam Memorial is located on a 8100 square meter site on the National Mall. It is two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing from the Vietnam War (1955-1975). It was designed by American architect Maya Lin.

Each wall is 75.21 meters long and is composed of 72 black granite panels that are polished to a high finish. Seventy of the panels are inscribed with the names of the men and women being honoured.

On dedicated day in 1982, there were 57 939 names listed in chronological order of the dates of casualty. As of May 2018, there are now 58 320 names listed. Thirty two names were erroneously included. The names remain on the wall, but they have been stricken from the databases and printed directories. There are eight women's names on the memorial. All were nurses.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

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