The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and American Exceptionalism
Monday was Memorial Day. A special day for America to honor those that made the ultimate sacrifice. Many ceremonies across the nation were held, several speeches were made, but there was one speech I heard Monday that I thought captured the day and America perfectly. It was Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. For those that don’t know, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a sacred place at Arlington for those fallen Soldiers who couldn’t be identified for whatever reasons of war. Here's some excerpts from Hegseth’s speech: "Throughout time civilizations have honored the powerful, the well-connected and the well-born. Emperors and kings have built magnificent shrines to their own royal greatness. Yet in America with our great experiment in self-government it is fitting the most honored and closely guarded tomb in the land is that of an anonymous soldier of an unknown rank." “While we don’t know the unknown’s identity race or creed, we...