Our "cemetery" class toured Mount Olivet yesterday between rainstorms. It is truly the most beautiful cemetery I have ever seen. So many trees, so many gorgeous monuments. One very wealthy railroad man is buried under an exact replica of Napolean's monument--black granite and very impressive!
As we stood in "Confederate Circle" , an area honoring fallen soldiers of the war, I was overwhelmed at the utter uselessness and stupidity of war. There are 1,500 soldiers buried in that one spot--most of whom were 21 years of age or younger. The Civil War has often been called "The Boys' War" because so many young men died in it.
Our nation lost a whole generation there for nothing. So sad!!!
One of the more poignant memorials features three little children in the arms of Jesus. That particular family lost three children on the same day in the cholora epidemic. We have won the war against that disease--too bad we cannot win the war against war.
Oh, God help this useless war we are now fighting and losing young people in to end soon.
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