Missing Man Table - Steamboat

As part of a national action and in partnership with our Center for Civics, CMC Steamboat sets a Missing Man Table on Veterans Day in the Neas Dining Hall.  A huge thank you to Terry Hunter for managing this show of respect and acknowledgment at our campus. 

Below is an explaination of the table, as excerpted from the Department of Defense's website.

The meaning of the items on this special table: 

• The table is round – to show our everlasting concern. 
• The tablecloth 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 the loved ones and friends who keep the faith, awaiting answers. 
• The yellow ribbon symbolizes our continued uncertainy, 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 glasses are inverted - to symbolize their inability to share a toast. 
• The chairs are/chair is empty – they are missing. 

Please take a moment of silence and raise your glass of water in a toast to honor America’s POW/MIAs, to the success of the efforts to account for them, and to the safety of all now serving our nation.

https://www.war.gov/external-content/story/article/2776327/the-powmia-or-missing-man-table/