We had the opportunity to visit the Houston Holocaust Museum today.
It was similar to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Excellent displays, heart-wrenching pictures and films. Important for everyone to see. They also had a special exhibit about Rwanda. "Through the Eyes of Children" is an exhibition of children's photography from orphans of the Rwandan Genocide. A country roughly the size of Massachusetts and located in central Africa, Rwanda was the site of one of the most horrible events in history. As a result of ethnic clashes between the Hutu and Tutsi populations, the 1994 genocide left nearly 1 million people dead in approximately 100 days and caused the flight of 2 million internally displaced persons and 2 million refugees. I was glad to see that they were working to spread the word about the atrocities that are happening right now during our lifetime.
Another beautiful day here - almost 80 and sunny. The weather is about to turn and they are expecting lower temps by Friday. But with Cincinnati having snow and temps in the teens - I won't complain about 58!
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