Billy Beck wrote:

That Memorial is *always* the top item on my to-do list whenever
I have a spare moment in Washington.

And I've seen it at every hour of the day, but it is never so
powerful as in the middle of the night.

Billy

http://www.two--four.net/weblog.php

I'll agree with you. It's always on my list.

The most moving visit was just after the dedication. The memorial
sidewalks were not completed. We walked on wooden planking to see the
memorial. It was a foggy night and the city lights disappeared as we
descended towards the center of the wall. Someone was reading the names
on the wall in a measured pace.

All I remember was a disembodied voice

Williams, Charles R
Roberts, Thomas C
Frederichs, Allan P

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Another moving experience is to walk into Arlington Cemetary from the
visitor's center towards the Tomb of the Unknowns. If the wind is
carrying from the west, you hear the footsteps of the guard for quite a
distance. It drifts over the rows of stones.
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MAH