tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post5981248432023794979..comments2024-03-29T05:58:25.823-04:00Comments on Seen Through a Glass: RemembranceLew Brysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-88294190120898795402008-09-12T07:59:00.000-04:002008-09-12T07:59:00.000-04:00I'm just impressed and proud that Nora knew the si...I'm just impressed and proud that Nora knew the significance of December 7th. Maybe there <I>is</I> hope for the youth of this country that I haven't seen.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585545034172431563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-27067316860062067282008-09-11T10:27:00.000-04:002008-09-11T10:27:00.000-04:00I went to a breweriana show in Somerset less than ...I went to a breweriana show in Somerset less than two weeks after the attacks, and made it a point to drive the short distance to Shanksville and make my peace. There was a makeshift memorial set up in the middle of town with photos of the strong-willed Americans killed near there, along with personal mementos, placed by family and strangers alike.<BR/><BR/>I asked for directions to the crash site, and arrived to find Apache helicopters still patrolling the airspace there. The site was not in the permanent location it occupies now, and nothing of the crash site was visible, just a huge stack of round hay bales in a field, draped with one of the largest American flags I've ever seen, and it, too, was surrounded by souvenirs and messages left by visitors.<BR/><BR/>I've been back twice since to the new site, and the tradition remains of visitors leaving tributes to the dead. Now you can look out over the field where the plane went down and contemplate the events that led to this remote place becoming a shrine to the determination and strength of the American spirit.<BR/><BR/>It is a stirring experience, and I can't help but think that those people gave up their lives in an absolutely beautiful place...for the rest of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com