Having arrived at age 90, I have experienced much U.S. history. Also being a student and teacher of history, civics, economics, my whole being was wrenched by the news of the Lincoln Memorial and all …
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Having arrived at age 90, I have experienced much U.S. history. Also being a student and teacher of history, civics, economics, my whole being was wrenched by the news of the Lincoln Memorial and all it stands for being marred by the display with tanks and military vehicles on our Independence Day, 2019.
Thank goodness the news media did not focus on what would have been a false image of Lincoln and U.S.A. values. Read the inscriptions on its walls.
They emphasize peace, forgiveness, hope, unity, not shows of force and destruction. The heavens poured out its tears on the occasion. Sadness reigned within my very soul this Fourth of July.
Jean Clark Kaldahl
Port Townsend
