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Originally Posted by Aegypticus
I'll give it a go, Cowperson. Are there a lot there? I rarely travel far from the SW of the city. Never heard of this memorial.
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There isn't a specific memorial per se. All the trees planted along Memorial Drive are the living memorial to those fallen soldiers.
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Originally Posted by Aegypticus
It is still hard for me to feel anything. I'll be the first to admit that I've had things pretty good. Seems to me that at least part of the goal of those soldiers was accomplished simply because I don't think about war and I don't remember war. Wasn't that the point?
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No, that wasn't "the point." You should remember and show some gratitude for what veterans of the world wars have done for your freedom. Part of the reason you have things "pretty good" is because there were men and women who stepped up to defend the freedoms enjoyed in this country.
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Originally Posted by Aegypticus
War isn't a part of my life today because of what they did, and I can't help but feel that this is the way things should be...
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it - George Santayana, 1905