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Nicollo,

You said it better than I.

Thank you.

Thanks for looking that over. One day it'll be a book.

I've enjoyed this thread, and it's got me inspired for my visit with the Wall today. I'm showing a group of Dutch visitors around. I'm laughing to myself now, for, as they get up this morning and wander to breakfast, they don't have any idea what's about to hit them. I'll start them with Lincoln, they walk 'em straight into the Wall. With the veterans in town, it'll be stamped in their memories forever.

Then I'll stand 'em in front of George Washington's cathedral and lay the great man all over 'em. There'll be the White House to one side, the Jefferson monument to the other, and the Capitol straight ahead. It'll be a stirring ceremony. At that point, they'll start getting dubious about the apotheosis of Washington, and when they do I'll spank 'em with de Tocqueville, just to show that even a Frenchie understood.

They'll be carrying water for Bush by the afternoon...

Be well & God Bless!