M a r k D i l l e y

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INTERNATIONAL ROCK CITY: RICH AHERN 1928 - 2004

"Rich was on the front page of the Washington Post in 1945, a picture of him laying the wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the end of World War II. He said it was that moment that defined his life. 'This can never happen again,' he said. He once told me the story of his attending a speech by his hero and inspiration, Frank Lloyd Wright. He said at one point Wright looked straight at him as he sat there in the audience and asked him to continue his legacy. After telling me that, he asked if I would continue his. To try and create a world where solving conflicts was done honestly and peacefully, so that there will never again be war."