I have sat with pride in the Lincoln Memorial, felt the beauty of the US social experiment at the Jefferson Memorial, cried for an hour at the Vietnam Memorial, and look forward to seeing the World War II memorial to peole like my dad.
Still I ask: Why are almost all our national memorials about war and fighters? Why are there no monuments to public servants or to peacemakers? Do these folk not also significantly contribute to the health and safety of US society?
Would memorials to other kinds of contributors to US society broaden our views on who has historically helped our country to flourish?
If so, what would they be? Union organizers? Feminists? Peacemakers? Civil Servants? . . . If not, why not?
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