Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Take a few minutes to remember the men who gave their lives on that day including 23 sets of brothers who went down with The Arizona.
Pearl Harbor
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If you ever get the opportunity to visit the USS Arizona Memorial take it. If you aren't moved you need to check your pulse. I've been there 4 times and it never fails to humble me.
There was a special on PBS last night and they had sent a camera down into the Arizona and that moved me , so I can only imagine what being there in person would do.If you ever get the opportunity to visit the USS Arizona Memorial take it. If you aren't moved you need to check your pulse. I've been there 4 times and it never fails to humble me.
I got to go a few years ago and it was definitely humbling and powerful. The Memorial is really well designed.If you ever get the opportunity to visit the USS Arizona Memorial take it. If you aren't moved you need to check your pulse. I've been there 4 times and it never fails to humble me.
Later in my visit, back at the Monument, I got pissed at a family that was carrying on like a bunch of imbeciles. The mom was having an obnoxiously loud phone call about where they were going for lunch and the kids were all screaming and running around. Completely disrespectful. There were several people who shot her dirty looks, including me, before an usher finally came over and had a word with them.
That would have pissed me off in short order. There are plenty of places to be an ass...that's not one of them.
I would pay decent money to see you in RH's situation and encountering said family.
And when I say I would pay decent money, I mean your bail payment
Lol, I'm not quite that bad, but it doesn't take much to get me to speak my mind if someone is just totally out of line. We put up with a lot of loutish behavior these days that our parents and grandparents wouldn't have stood for. Disrespect should never be tolerated, and especially on hallowed ground.
