Today I went down the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.  It was quite the emotional experience for me.  I'm not necessarily the most emotional of men either.  It did occur to me more than once that I was walking in the company of many great men and women.  It was in many ways sobering.  I knew that this particular place was big, but I never knew that it was as big as it is.  It is a sobering thing to see some of the real, actual cost that has been paid for the freedoms that I enjoy...that we all have and enjoy.  It was also a reminder that we as a people have a huge responsibility to take care of these freedoms...to preserve them. 

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

~John Quincy Adams