A few months ago, I noticed a gap in the wall at the far end, entering the lobby, located at the mail boxes in the post office. Hmm, I wondered when the picture of Pat Vaccaro would be returning. And certainly, the sight of the ripped wall was very unsightly.

And then, to advance the story, I observed a freshly painted lobby, to include, of course, the hole in the wall, plastered and painted. Wow, almost as if Pat Vaccaro never existed, at least with respect to some fabric of the post office.

Not a letter, not a single word from the local Bristol postal bureaucracy or their superiors, I believe in Connecticut.

By this lack of acknowledgement/communication to the customers of the Bristol Post Office and others of the town concerning the removal of his picture — and disappearance forever — this group is saying to me and perhaps others, that it isn’t important as to how we might feel about that absence. Although you cared about him, our actions do not require any explanation to you.

Throughout history, when leadership wants a person forgotten, they blot that person out of sight. To perform such an act, in 2018, is despicable and a repugnant form of behavior to both the memory of Pat Vaccaro and those of us who have had to witness a stomach-turning event. Gone, but not to be forgotten.

Owen E. Trainor 111

Bristol