As I mentioned in yesterday's blog. Paula and I went to the USMC Museum today. For anyone who has not been, you should make the effort to go at least once in your life. It is a sombering and deeply emotional thin to experience. By the time our tour was done, both of us were close to tears and deeply moved.
My family has a long tradition of military service ranging from WW I all the through to Afghanistan. You can hear all the stories but the intensity of it all just doesn't hit you. It is just stories told about places and events you cannot really understand. You listen and nod.
As you walk throughy the museum. you see the actual equipment.se the actual places and hear the stories of the men and women who experienced it often times in their own words. You walk through the dioramas that show some of the most violent moments of war. All of these aspects combined should be able to move the hardest souls.
Then, as if everything you have experienced before wasn't enough. as you are leaving you walk through the 911 display. You see a chunk of shattered stone taken from the Pentagon. You see a twisted steel girder from the World Trade Centers. Finally you pause in front of the thousands of cards filled out by visitors telling where they were and how they felt when the attacks happened.
Everyone knows, at least on an intellectual level, how much the men and women of our Armed Forces sacrifice to protect us. Going to this amazing place and experiencing evert part of it will drive it all home physically and spiritually. If you, make the journey. It will be worth it.
No End of rant this time, just Semper Fi
Rambles and Rants about pretty much everything ranging from Bad Service to Political Correctness. Being offensive and making people go "Hmmm" for the better part of two decades.
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