Week in and week out, bulldozers are putting history under the blade. For the sake of a subdivision, we sever one more connection with our past. But we have so many history books, and so many documents to tell the story. But if you ve ever watched your children as they learn, you ll know how much more powerful an impression the real-life experience can be. Theory is one thing.
Actual experience is another.
When we can stand at the very point of battle we can imagine ourselves in that place and at that time. We can understand the enormity of it all when we can come to the very ground they met upon, to reflect not only upon what they did but also why and how they did it. And so I am a passionate advocate for that hallowed ground. I believe we should honor the sacrifice and make it possible for our children, and the generations after them, to know as much as they can about that whole time. But time is not on our side.