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Cheezoholic

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4. I always thought it was about "reflection" internally of what this country is about and whats held it together

Reply to Jrose (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 03:35 PM

Jun 11

The one time I was able to visit it that's what I saw and felt. And the fact it is bookended by those two monuments "reflects" the two most tumultuous (the beginning was fraught with turmoil and ideological division internally) and dividing points in our history and further makes one reflect on the things that continue to divide us so we may be aware of how far we need to go, how hard each of us needs to work and be responsible for, to keep the experiment alive. But that's just me.