ost (Chris Mark) writes:

The Wall is the only man-made thing in the United States that has ever
given me the reverential feeling that I often experienced in the great
cathedrals of Europe.

Quite a contrast with the new WW2 memorial which I visited recently. It did
nothing for me at all. Funny thing is, for years I thought there _was_ a WW2
memorial in DC. I was thinking of the Marines raising the flag statue, which
says all that needs to be said about that war. Sometimes less _is_ more.

I used to eat lunch at the Iwo Jima statute.

I could rant the new monstro^H^H memorial. But I'll settle for
this. Since the backers DEMANDED [1] it be dead spang in the middle
of the Mall; the result is it must be closed and covered on 4 July.
See, it's where the fireworks might land and damage it....
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ articles/A56459-2004Jun20.html




[1] The big controversy was/is over its location; not its existence.
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