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Posted by: Ch. Cingolani 2001/03/24, 11:35:04 |
Butler Pennsylvania XV
The planes would come in from the west at an angle, so as to run up along the valley to destroy our mills, laying a carpet of bombs one mile wide straight up across our town, guiding on the Court House then out beyond to the hill where the hospital stands then further still to our railroad yards and the bridge across, with twenty merciless runs, and what still stood would be ground in drafts of fire; Dresden burnt into memory murmuring: Try to imagine. And those who survived would gather along the creek where water soothed or in our woods under angels’ wings while one long dirge of soft wailing would be heard for what was. Then one among them would rise, aged now and enlightened, with that one word empowered: build. And it would happen. During three waves of attacks on February 13-15,1945 over 1,300 British and American bombers dropped more than 3,300 tons of bombs on Dresden. Only now, after 50 some years, the historical part of the city is being rebuilt. At the heart of the city is the Church of Our Lady which has become a worldwide symbol of reconciliation and longing for peace. British and Americans, and many others from all over the world, are contributing to the rebuilding of that church which will be dedicated in 2004.
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