Plaque at V.A.

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I am afraid that I have to agree with ElCore on this. For some reason, a part of our society feels that it is their purpose in life to protest anything that comes down the pike. Just take a trip to Washington, D.C. Even if it is not a thousand person (notice that I am being politically correct and not saying "man") march on something, the protest movement lives on night and day in areas such as Lafayette Park at the White House's back door -- and it's been that way for decades, so it's not just a phenomenon that can be placed at Trump's feet.

Unfortunately, a sizable portion of our population today would probably be at a loss to even quote one line of Lincoln's Second Inaugural, and others likely would not even know who Lincoln was or what an inaugural address is. I believe that I have posted before about my experience with one 6th grade class that was visiting Surratt House and did not even know who Abraham Lincoln was until I produced a penny and a $5 bill. Finally, one young man said, "Oh yeah. That's the dude on the money." In the same vein, I have encountered children who only know the Lincoln Memorial as the place where Martin Luther King gave his I Have A Dream speech -- which is fine, but I certainly would like them to know why the Memorial was chosen for that stage.