[combat_boots]

I am sorry.

I will always revere our fallen heroes.

When young, my folks always made sure to take us to every battlefield possible on our vacations. I remember Gettysburg in particular. We drove it during the day, and at night. At night, all was quiet and eerily so—except for the sound of a whippoorwill.

My folks had grandparents who fought in the Civil War, one on each side.

[combat_boots]

[JRandomFreeper]

Don't be sorry. Tears are ok. I mourn friends and strangers today, and I expect to weep. That picture just hit me hard, like an unexpected gut punch. Young widows make me cry.

/johnny