Amid the faux graveyards, ghouls and jockularity, John Donovan reminds us of the price paid to keep our Union strong and free. The Civil War is often forgotten except among historians, military buffs and re-inacters.
However, in the lush green countryside the grass grows in tens of thousands of quiet corners as tombstones stand witness to America's worst and best impluses.
No matter who wins on Tuesday we will still be a country divided, let's hope cooler heads prevail on both sides, or we may reap the whirwind that UBL promises...it will be not of his making but our own.
Posted by feste at October 31, 2004 12:34 PM | TrackBack