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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
I'm not sure public funds should be used either. But I have another pet peeve about how this monument is being described. While this mass shooting was a tragedy, I'm not sure that a monument should be erected to "honor" the victims. Honor the firefighters who rushed into the WTC on 9/11 and died. Honor the thousands that died on the beaches of Normandy defending our country. But "honor" people who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time? What "honorable" thing did they do? I think "remember" or "memorialize" are much better terms for these victims.
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I am 100% in agreement with you. I couldn't understand why the almost 3,000 victims were called "martyrs." Certainly those who ran in to the buildings could be called martyrs, but the people who worked there - I don't think so.
Two years later, my wife and I were walking along Omaha Beach in Normandy. All of a sudden, I was overcome with great emotion and started to weep. My wife asked what was going on. Through tears I exclaimed, "this is the place where American martyrs died."
We then proceeded to the American Cemetery where I placed a stone on as many crosses and stars as I could. My tradition is that placing a stone on a head or foot stone, let's the world know that someone visited this grave.