I have been traveling for about a week and decided to take the longer route home. Mount Rushmore isn't exactly easy to get to. The little town of Keystone manages to handle several million visitors a year. And, certainly the surrounding community owes a lot to the tourist revenue generated by visitors.
Putting all of that aside, I was honored to have been standing here on Sept 11th this year. I got there early. It was quiet. It was a moment of reverence. And, the 15-20 people already there knew we were standing, paying homage not only to four amazing presidents, but to a country that, despite all it's faults, has done amazing things for the world.
Millions have been fed. Two world wars, costing millions of lives, were fought on different continents, with the blood of our men and women being shed.
As I said, it was a moment of reverence.
Take some time. Drive there. See the beautiful country. And be amazed at the many spoken languages that you will hear. In the hour I spent there, I heard Japanese, Russian, German, Italian, and a good number of American dialects.
Sometimes it is important to remember the good things that were done.
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