2017 –A year of Living Dangerously

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The Trump Administration's Department of Homeland Security rescinds DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) as promised by President Trump in his pre-election campaigning.

President Trump withdraws the United States from Paris Climate Accord.

The U.S. becomes more isolationist and its four Pillars of Democracy, justice, equity, freedom and representation, seemingly disappeared.

Roadside crosses recalls the 26 slain by a shooter using automatic weapons during Sunday morning church services in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The massacre on Nov. 5, 2017 is the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history and the fifth deadliest in the United States.  

Flags throughout the U.S. fly at half mast when 60 people were killed and 413 were wounded on Oct. 1, 2017. A shooter using the advantageous height of his Las Vegas hotel room and automatic weapons fired into crowds who were leaving a concert venue.