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Today's Poll!Veteran fights to get his artwork restored to Capitol museum
Tom Seematter is working with Rep. Paul Fitzwater, R-Potosi, in an effort to find a permanent home for his artwork dedicated to Vietnam veterans in the Missouri History Museum at the state Capitol.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Generally perceived as quiet and reserved, Tom Seematter is the type of person that would normally fade into the background. But the removal of his artwork from a Missouri Capitol gallery has led to a crusade to find a permanent home for the piece, and inspired legislation honoring those who served in the Vietnam War.
An Army veteran who served during Vietnam, Seematter, 68, of Annapolis, Mo., is a self-taught artist who created a drawing of the Vietnam War Memorial.
The artwork, which was completed in 1989, “comes from the heart and soul of Vietnam veterans,” Seematter said, and represents the homecoming he and fellow servicemembers did not receive upon their return from the war.
“I will never invest that much of myself in ....
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wow 8 months, 1 week ago
Rush Limbaugh's face get's added security camera's, but the art work of guy who put his keester on the line defending this country can't be? All I can say to that is TSHGTSRS!
spelchek 8 months, 1 week ago
The cameras could have been avoided if some NT posters had any sense of foresight.
asb 8 months, 1 week ago
Do you actually think posters to these forums have any influence in the minds of the Missouri GOP leadership? Do you think they sneaked Rush and a few Chosen to the secret ceremony because somebody in these forums disapproved of the idea? Did some NT posters scare the GOP into its expensive and pointless security measures? Holy Bust Bob, that's funny!
spelchek 8 months, 1 week ago
All of these questions are rhetorical so no need to answer them. When you publicly post on a forum visible to the entire world (the NT isn't exclusive to the Missouri GOP leadership) that you intend to vandalize at the state capitol what do you think the reaction might be? You highlight my "foresight" comment beautifully. Thank you.
os2hank 8 months, 1 week ago
Maybe your hero Jay can do something
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