Yesterday we went to the Tom and Tomer memorial, located near a town called Kyriat Gat, near the South of Israel. This is a memorial site that was built to remember 73 soldiers that died in a helicopter crash near the border with Lebanon. The friends and family of Tom and Tomer decided to make a beautiful garden in their memory instead of the traditional memorial site. Instead of the memorial site being very sad and all about death, the garden was a symbol of life. They even decorated an electricity tower with 73 doves in their name. The tour was lead by the 10th grade students of our exchange school Ironi Yud Dalet and they explained to us how important it is to remember soldiers that gave their lives for their country.
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