heart-stopping show

Just about anywhere you go in this city you see them.....They are about two feet high and rounded at the top and about one and a half feet wide. They have an inscribed name on the front and a brief thought pertaining to a life lived.

There are thousands and thousands of them amid a sea of incredibly green grass and a tumble of rolling hills. They are gleaming white marble. They are all alike. They are immaculate. They always look the same.

I am describing Arlington National Cemetery.

On the morning of Memorial Day in front of each grave someone placed one tiny American flag. I had to stop and stare......

That a person would put his life in peril for our freedom is amazing. Thank God for them .