"A monument was built to the young
women not far from the site of the massacre, just off the university
campus. ... There are benches around the edge the park, and a path down
the middle with several
granite blocks—waist high and not
immediately identifiable as sculptures or tombstones—on either side of the
path. Arcing away from each
granite block is a low curve of stone with what might be letters engraved on
it. A bronze plaque with a date—1964-1989
for example—is set in the earth at each place. The last date is always 1989, but what is on the granite varies. It took Frances two visits before she
deciphered the meaning. Each block is sliced in such a way that the shadow of a
letter can be seen: A, or M or B....
Then as you stare, the pattern of dark and light, high and low, can be
seen as letters, spelling out the name of one of the girls. There and not there. In the earth, but
not."
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