Happy Memorial Day Weekend to one and all. Although I’m not a
fan of the new World War II Memorial in Washington (my favorite architecture
critic described it as "inspired by Albert Speer"), the truths and liberties
it stands for must be commemorated.
(Yes, my Dad was a WWII vet–Army Air Force intelligence officer in Italy,
shot down over occupied France and walked over the Pyrenees to neutral
Spain, and up to the door of the US Embassy in Barcelona.)
Memorial Day Weekend is when Janet and I celebrate our anniversary—we
were married Memorial Day Weekend, 1989; we make a point of staying in Manhattan—just us and the tourists.