When Orange County’s Walk of Honor debuted in 1998, the memorial was intended to show that war heroes are far from forgotten.
Instead, even the politicians in charge of maintaining it agree the memorial has become a walk of shame.

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When Orange County’s Walk of Honor debuted in 1998, the memorial was intended to show that war heroes are far from forgotten.
Instead, even the politicians in charge of maintaining it agree the memorial has become a walk of shame.