Empty chairs
"Empty chairs at empty tables, where my friends will meet no more". Song from Les Misérables.
Early one morning, on 19 July 1974, eleven friends hosted a surprise birthday party for 28-year-old Janet Harley, who had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Wanting to give her an extra special surprise, her friends obtained permission to hold a breakfast party in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial, by the reflecting pool in Washington, USA.
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