I will most likely have passed when CVN-80 is christened. Arrangements have been made for my ashes to be there. I was not in the Navy and have never been on board the Enterprise, but I think it is important that there is always an Enterprise in the US Navy.
Your statement about your ashes, and that really aligns with my way of thinking about these things. I am a traditionalist, and a sentimental one. I think symbolic things have real meaning.
So I could only contrast your thoughts on this, with those evidenced by Michelle Obama’s “all this for a flag” comment, and it makes me realize the cultural and moral gulf between us and them.