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May 29, 2007
Restrooms behind Slave Quaters
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| From Arlington Nat... |
Looking up that hill- if you don't know better, and don't have a map- you (or, at least I) naturally think that this must be the tomb of the unknown soldier. So I took the long walk uphill in the oppressive heat. Every time I was tempted to complain-- even to myself-- about the weather, I forcibly reminded myself that some people didn't even get a grave...
Imagine walking miles to visit the UN building. On arrival, you finagle your way to the entry way of the Security council, there to see the famous tapestry rendition of Guernica. Instead, you discover that it has been replaced with a video clipping from triumph of the will. Damnit! We put the National Cemetery at Arlington specifically so that the Traitor Lee could never return. Honoring his memory there seems like dishonoring all those who died so that men might be free...
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| From Arlington National Cemetery |
I'll post pictures and stories tomorrow. Right now I just want to say that I am utterly disgusted by the idea that at the very tip top of Arlington National Cemetery-- the tomb given pride of place-- is the arch-traitor Robert E. Lee. Lest anyone forget, Lee was the man who, in a craven act of treason, ordered the deaths of more Americans than even Osama bin Laden. This act of treason, these deaths, were caused defending the holy principle that one man ought to be able to own another. Honoring such a man makes me sick...
Posted by Andrew at May 29, 2007 05:18 PM