https://joeandvelda.blog/2026/04/30/dandelions/https://joeandvelda.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2-vir_mobile_20260415_img_1983.jpg2 VIR_Mobile_20260415_IMG_1983https://joeandvelda.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1-vir_mobile_20260415_img_2045.jpg1 VIR_Mobile_20260415_IMG_20452026-04-30T08:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://joeandvelda.blog/2026/04/29/hector-piederson-memorial-soweto/https://joeandvelda.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/jd_southafrica_260429_2024.jpgJD_SouthAfrica_260429_2024Hector Pieterson carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo after being shot by the South African Police. His sister, Antoinette Sithole, runs beside them. Pieterson was rushed to a local clinic, where he was declared dead on arrival. This photo by Sam Nzima became an icon of the Soweto uprising." Wikipedia. This photograph is displayed in the Hector Pieterson Memorialhttps://joeandvelda.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/jd_southafrica_260429_2033.jpgJD_SouthAfrica_260429_2033Velda standing in front of part of the wall at the memorial. The walls are built from more that 15,000 individual stones, each one representing a person who joined the march on June 16, 1976. The taller columns represent students from high school (or equivalent), the lower walls students from lower grades. The spaces between the walls represent the missing information about what happened that day.https://joeandvelda.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/jd_southafrica_260429_2052.jpgJD_SouthAfrica_260429_2052Sunlight casts shadows in the Hector Piederson Memorial. 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