TUCSON—Andrew Thompson had only been working at Miller’s Surplus for a few weeks, yet on the day before Easter Sunday, every item he placed on the shelf seemed to carry a small farewell.
A Marine veteran and infantryman, Thompson had known the store long before he walked its aisles as an employee.
Though he was the “new guy,” barely two months on the job, the store’s closing stirred a deeply personal connection.
“I bought my first pair of combat boots here in middle school,” Thompson, 31, told The Epoch Times. “I grew up coming to this store. It breaks my heart to see it close.”…