Today we went to the Celebrate Freedom Day event at Fort Jackson. Tim's company had a tent there and I made him volunteer to help answer people's questions about the guns. (Yes, they brought a few of the weapons to the event. All carefully checked, disarmed, and tied down to prevent theft.) We got there about an hour before he had to help out, so we walked around and saw a few of the other booths and watched a bit of the air show.
It was a nice free public event. What struck me and Tim was that it wasn't this propaganda machine for the war that we thought it would be since it was a military event and all. They had some of the weaponry from various time periods and some equipment like People Carriers and Aircraft, but there was no show of the force they create or the damage they can do. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan was only mentioned if they were thanking (or tell others to thank) the soldiers who are currently serving our country.
Being in the tent was pretty neat as well. Many of the military personnel came by to check out the weapons and they thanked the FN workers for the job they do, which was funny cause the FN workers were there to thank them. We had a drawing for posters and gun cases, and of course many people asked if they could have the guns instead.
We had a few kids cry because we were giving out globes attached to strings, like a yo-yo, and we ran out pretty quickly. Very sad to see kids cry like that.
2 comments:
Oh, yes, people kept asking if we were giving away weapons. Let me tell you, that just gets funnier and funnier every time I hear it!!!11one
Hey, did you give out guns at your booth?
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