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I had no idea!

Posted by Karen on Wed Jun 26, 2002 02:33:39 PM

In reply top Re: The rape of Normandy's Beaches..... posted by Joe Scheil on Wed Jun 26, 2002 12:59:10 PM

Shame on me! My history is not up to par! I had no idea that Normandy had been so shamelessly salvaged for so long!

No I didn't see that piece in natioanal geographic, but if I have the good fortune of finding a copy, I will certainly read it!

Someone, in the piece on the news last night, used the phrase "hallowed ground", as you mentioned the Civil war, and Revolutionary war battlefields are other examples of such. As well as Pearl Harbor, and so many other places. I was very upset when an attempt was made to destroy Virginia battlefields, for another Disneyworld, as well as so much of the land surrounding Gettysburg, and Sharpsburg.

Perhaps, some would like to move on and forget these places, but how can we ever move forward without remembering how we got here? We are all the sum of so many people's past! If not for our ancestors we wouldn't be here. Maybe I spend too much time in moldy old books, and on battlefields, but I feel no less respect, and gratitude to our Revolutionary, and Civil War veterans then I do towards those still with us today.

That sounded way preachier then I meant it to, but it is my sincere hope that todays, and tomorrow's generations will never lose sight of the incredible cost our freedom has come at, and will honor and respect the servicemen that gave so much for so many.

I guess what it boils down to is this: People who will do anything for money or out of greed are intolerable to me. On our dying day is it really going to matter how much money we have? Some things need to be left alone, some things need to be recovered. If there were deaths involved, leave it alone.

Thank you for the kind words. Wow, three rides in one day..... My legs would be like Gumby's! I have been told the rubber legs get better with each additional flight. I certainly hope so!
Best wishes,
Karen

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