DisneyJamieCA
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2007
I’ve been twice in my life. Once as a teenager and once about 5 years ago. Both times left me drained and emotionally raw. One of the most powerful experiences of my life.My wife and I visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC back in 2010. We had reservations for, I think, 10 AM. We thought we would be there about 2 hours. We came out at about 4 o'clock, 6 hours later, completely drained emotionally, and probably physically also. It is something we will never forget. I think it accomplished its goal, educating us and memorializing the victims of an autocrat's hate.
Which is to show there are way to honor the past. To keep the history. But to do it with the right context and in the right place. None of these statues we’re talking about do that.