Peaco was shopping at the Ship’s Hatch in Crystal City, Va., while in town Saturday for the annual Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors gathering. She’s at the Ship’s Hatch, a gift shop in Crystal City, Va., that specializes in military items: T-shirts, hats, coasters, pins, lanyards, challenge coins and the like. This weekend, members of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors are gathering in hotels nearby, and the Ship’s Hatch has become a cathartic bazaar for these Gold Star families. Last year at TAPS — her first — Rebekah bought a bunch of stuff at the Ship’s Hatch to decorate the room. Mike, Judith says, would cadge free pizza by offering to climb to the top of his barracks.

Source: Washington Post May 27, 2018 21:13 UTC