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How to Preserve the Sanctity of U.S. Memorials
DISCLAIMER: As with any travel suggestions, don’t go anywhere if you’re sick or potentially carrying a bug. For those who cannot safely travel, a virtual visit is better than no visit at all.
Remember.
As in any other country, U.S. memorials and monuments remind visitors of important people, places, times, and events in our nation’s history. Honoring the sanctity of these granite, marble, and metal structures helps keep us rational as a nation, and reminds us of the freedoms and other ideals that those before us endeavored to keep alive. They’re also physical, artistic remembrances of the sacrifice it took to attain and protect those ideals.
You can do this any day of the year.
It doesn’t have to be Independence Day, Memorial Day, or Patriot Day to spend a minute or two remembering military personnel, presidents, scientists, civic leaders, or scores of everyday people who changed America for the better. The best way is to visit, read the plaques and inscriptions, and simply be thankful that these people were willing to do what was necessary to uphold the standards they so highly regarded.
