This past summer, while visiting the Oregon coast, I stopped in to the Coos History Museum, in Coos Bay, OR. It was just a small place, holding a collection of displays highlighting the cultural history of the area and the south central Oregon coast. As is my custom, I blew through the museum pretty quickly until I found a pretty fine display tucked away on the second floor. I took some pictures, planning to create this posting for release for Veteran’s Day.
The display is named “Vet Ink” and is a collection of about a dozen images of veterans showing their tattoos inspired by their own military service. I found it really moving. But instead of me writing about it, I’d rather let the images and words of the veterans tell the story. The full description of the display is on the last picture.
For more information about the museum, click here. Interestingly, it appears that the Vet Ink display was just a short-term exhibit. Even more interestingly, I spent a total of about 60 minutes in the museum — 50 of those minutes were at Vet Ink.