Over Labor Day weekend I visited the 9/11 Memorial and Museum (https://www.911memorial.org/museum). I have visited the Memorial before, but not the Museum. I had heard from friends and colleagues that the Museum was a powerful experience, but I could not mentally frame what that experience would be like prior to actually experiencing it. I still [...]
On Memorial Day we remember and honor our fallen, those who lost their lives in service to our country in the armed forces. When I think about the cost that has been paid for the ideals of country, both by those who lost their lives and by their family members who have grieved and lived with [...]
To the many military members and veterans I know and to the many, many thousands I do not, I thank you for your commitment to the ideals of the United States and your service to our country. Although you are many when viewed as a collective, you are few when scattered about the whole of [...]
Today, I will share with you what I posted on my Facebook in commemoration of Memorial Day. I know many a veteran, my son Noah being one of them, and I feel the disconnect between their service and legislators' respect of that service via deeds. There are always plenty platitudes about military service and what [...]
This day, and every day, I bow my head in a silent prayer of thanks for veterans. They are the ones who were willing to give everything they have to defend the ideals of this country. They are the ones who have illustrated with their actions what service, sacrifice, honor, and commitment mean. They are [...]
Yesterday morning we walked from our hotel to Arlington National Cemetery. I had an awful lot of bounce in my step as we started toward the cemetery. But as we started to see the graves from just outside the cemetery my steps got heavier and heavier. By the time we made our way to the [...]
Today in our DC travels we visited, amongst other things, three very important memorials - the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veteran Memorial. Each of these memorials are powerful in their own right. They carry a weighty responsibility - they stand to help us honor and remember those [...]
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