Remember...

Just a little over 17 years ago,

in one of the coldest February's,

I was able to go to Washington D.C.

for my first and only time.

We went to many

different important sites around 

the area

in the few short days that we had.

On one of those cold, cold days,

we were able to see the Vietnam Wall.

Massive.

Overwhelming.

Touching.

Spanish Fork, Utah

has had a half-size replica

of that massive wall

for just a few short days.

I took Davis on Friday.

It's just as powerful

and moving.

58,253 names.

It's sobering and necessary

to remember

that freedom 

has a price.

On this day too

"We shall never forget".

"Now, we have inscribed a new memory

alongside those others.

It's a memory of tragedy and shock,

of loss and mourning.

But not only of loss and mourning.

It's also a memory of bravery

and self-sacrifice,

and the love that lays down it's life for a friend---

even a friend whose name it never knew."

~President George W. Bush,

December 11, 2001