World War II Memorial

One of the cool things about not being back to DC in 15 years was being able to see a few new things. The recently made WWII Memorial was quite a profound place.

One section of the memorial honored the Pacific theater of the war.

The other, the Atlantic. It was ringed by pillars and wreaths that represented each state or territory that participated.

In the last 10 years, I have done quite a bit of reading on military history, especially WWII. I have started to really appreciate the sacrifices that were made by that generation to preserve freedom and to save God's people, the Jews, from genocide. It was a moving experience to visit this place.

I'm not sure a 10-year-old boy can understand the depth of this memorial, but I hope that the boys and girl took something to build a foundation for the sacrifice of others that really points to the ultimate sacrifice in Christ.

They did an excellent job in their design and construction of this memorial. Very impressive.