One a day.
12/06/2009
On the first Saturday of each December, -23,110- luminaries are placed on the fields of Antietam and lit in honor of the casualties of the men and women who have fought for the freedom Americans enjoy today. Although the number of candles corresponds with the number of casualties at the battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862, America's single most bloody day), the evening honors all of the brave who have given so much to us. I can't take credit for this image. Neither can David. When driving through the memorial illumination, we were not allowed to get out of the car or even to stop it. We paused briefly numerous times to try to capture an image worth sharing. But each time we looked at the image just taken, we were disappointed.Yet somehow, when we got back to our hotel, this image was among the images we had captured. I guess somebody found it fitting for us to share this experience with you. Maybe it was God. Maybe it was a fallen soldier. Maybe it was a woman who had given her son or her husband right there on that spot. Whoever it was, this luminary burns in his or her honor. When you look at it, remember that it represents a life that was extinguished too early and for our sake.
On the first Saturday of each December, -23,110- luminaries are placed on the fields of Antietam and lit in honor of the casualties of the men and women who have fought for the freedom Americans enjoy today. Although the number of candles corresponds with the number of casualties at the battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862, America's single most bloody day), the evening honors all of the brave who have given so much to us. I can't take credit for this image. Neither can David. When driving through the memorial illumination, we were not allowed to get out of the car or even to stop it. We paused briefly numerous times to try to capture an image worth sharing. But each time we looked at the image just taken, we were disappointed.Yet somehow, when we got back to our hotel, this image was among the images we had captured. I guess somebody found it fitting for us to share this experience with you. Maybe it was God. Maybe it was a fallen soldier. Maybe it was a woman who had given her son or her husband right there on that spot. Whoever it was, this luminary burns in his or her honor. When you look at it, remember that it represents a life that was extinguished too early and for our sake.
12/06/2009
On the first Saturday of each December, -23,110- luminaries are placed on the fields of Antietam and lit in honor of the casualties of the men and women who have fought for the freedom Americans enjoy today. Although the number of candles corresponds with the number of casualties at the battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862, America's single most bloody day), the evening honors all of the brave who have given so much to us. I can't take credit for this image. Neither can David. When driving through the memorial illumination, we were not allowed to get out of the car or even to stop it. We paused briefly numerous times to try to capture an image worth sharing. But each time we looked at the image just taken, we were disappointed.Yet somehow, when we got back to our hotel, this image was among the images we had captured. I guess somebody found it fitting for us to share this experience with you. Maybe it was God. Maybe it was a fallen soldier. Maybe it was a woman who had given her son or her husband right there on that spot. Whoever it was, this luminary burns in his or her honor. When you look at it, remember that it represents a life that was extinguished too early and for our sake.
On the first Saturday of each December, -23,110- luminaries are placed on the fields of Antietam and lit in honor of the casualties of the men and women who have fought for the freedom Americans enjoy today. Although the number of candles corresponds with the number of casualties at the battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862, America's single most bloody day), the evening honors all of the brave who have given so much to us. I can't take credit for this image. Neither can David. When driving through the memorial illumination, we were not allowed to get out of the car or even to stop it. We paused briefly numerous times to try to capture an image worth sharing. But each time we looked at the image just taken, we were disappointed.Yet somehow, when we got back to our hotel, this image was among the images we had captured. I guess somebody found it fitting for us to share this experience with you. Maybe it was God. Maybe it was a fallen soldier. Maybe it was a woman who had given her son or her husband right there on that spot. Whoever it was, this luminary burns in his or her honor. When you look at it, remember that it represents a life that was extinguished too early and for our sake.