There is this book about Vietnam and a few books like this one about stuff people have left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

In my head, I always remember the books sort of collectively titled as “What They Left Behind.”

I’m going to start my own treasury of such items, but since I am not a war vet and don’t really know any war vets, it will be what men have left behind.

So far I have a baseball cap, assorted T-shirts, one of those hand exerciser things, a six-foot batik wall-hanging (which I should sell), a previously discussed 2003 calendar dishtowel. I unfortunately lost a hideous tie that I sometimes wore as a clown.

I also have now hanging on my bathroom door some sweatpants and a sweater, but since I expect to see the owner again, they will not be in the museum.

If you have any items you want to contribute, drop me a line…