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Proof that government is ineffective when it comes to the important decisionsVeteran's Day in New
York
OpinionJournal.com comments on Veterans Day, and New York City does
not come off looking good. The people of New York come off "outstanding" in the
words of a Marine relative of
mine.
Four years after 9/11, New Yorkers have no memorial for personal reflection at Ground Zero--and no prospects for one. Saying in late September that the project had aroused "too much opposition, too much controversy," New York Gov. George Pataki canceled plans to build an International Freedom Center at the World Trade Center site. But, he added, "we must move forward with our first priority--the creation of an inspiring memorial to pay tribute to our lost loved ones and tell their stories to the world." No one seriously believes this will happen anytime soon. It's a good thing, then, that neighborhoods all over New York have ignored such official efforts and simply built their own. In a scale unprecedented since World War I, thousands of memorials have sprung up in parks, cemeteries, front yards, firehouses, schools and churches all over the five boroughs. A wall in Greenwich Village, set aside and protected by St. Vincent's Hospital, is emblematic. Full of the messages, mementos, small belongings and photos of the missing that were posted in the hospital's emergency room in the days after 9/11, it vividly memorializes the event, offering a display that is at once primitive and uplifting. Government seldom does what it promises. People usually do what they promise. 
Posted: Fri - November 11, 2005 at 05:26 AM
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