My first stop for this project was the Bethany College War Memorial. This memorial is a small lectern with the names of Bethanians who died in World War II. It sits in a place of prominence, outside of the central administrative offices in Old Main, but I’ve never noticed anyone engaging with it. Some of those who died were locals, from places like Wellsburg and Wheeling, but some traveled to Bethany from great distances, such as Buffalo, NY and the Dominican Republic. They died all over the world – in India, the Philippines, Japan, Germany, France, among other places. All of them spent some time in the place I’ve called home for the last six years.