Arlington National Cemetery (Virginia)

My friend Kimee was on a vacation that must have included a trip to this cemetery. She writes so eloquently: as an anti-war daughter of two veterans… this was such a complicated, feelings-full stop on our… trip.” I can completely identify with this phrase, although only one of my parents is a veteran (two of my brothers are, as well as a handful of uncles and both grandfathers). I despise the glorification of war and death, and I find that sometimes monuments such as this paint with very broad strokes. I haven’t been to Arlington, so I can’t speak specifically to this site, however.