DC

Ventured to DC a couple of weeks ago for work. Fortunately I did have time to go down to the mall and revisit all of the monuments.

Its amazing these idealic men who lived in a pretty harsh time were able to accomplish what they did. Today's United States seems very far removed from those beginnings.

For a citizen it is awe inspiring to stand in the presence of these men and makes one proud to be an American. While at the same time its heartbreaking to walk the walls of the war's fallen and know that more fall every day.

Thomas .... we hold these truths to be self evident

and Abe ... Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

And my generation's legacy... the wall. After walking the Vietnam (and Korean) wall you only wonder what the Iraq wall will look like and what its legacy will be.