Memorial Day

I began my day watching and listening to speeches at Arlington Cemetery.  The guards that stand 24/7 was mentioned and I thought of a family friend who had been a guard at Arlington during his period of service. He told us about the routines and preciseness of each step in their rotations. 

Memorial Day always brings memories of wars we've had and yesterday, as I watched a special PBS documentary on the American cemeteries around the world I was once again reminded of how far afield we have sent men and women to wage war. 

And we continue sending troops to countries with names I haven't learned to spell.  We humans must have a killing gene.  If we aren't killing other humans, we kill wild animals, tigers, rhinos, elephants.