LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What kind of community is GH?  Jul 25,
2011  I don’t know why someone would display this particular
piece of history. I feel it is a bad judgment to do so and
wonder what type of clientele the owner is trying to attract.
However, what I feel is more telling and important is: Why are
the people of Grand Haven tolerating this display of racial
hatred on the main street of their town, a place that defines
who they are as a community?  A person has his or her own
perspective on a swastika from World War II. However, when it
gets put in a storefront window, on the main street, in a town
that heavily relies on tourism; and that swastika is then seen
by tourists from all over the country. It then is a reflection
on the community of Grand Haven.   When I saw this swastika, I
suddenly became very uncomfortable and wondered what kind of
community I had wandered into. What kind of people live in Grand
Haven? Why are they tolerating this display? Why haven’t they
reacted to this swastika before? Wh