J u l e e
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Jun 28, 2014 2:50:47 GMT
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Post by J u l e e on Jun 3, 2016 18:59:18 GMT
It has always been incredibly silent when I've been there. I would be so ticked off if people were not respectful.
My TOS story - When my daughter was younger and we visited the tomb and watched the changing of the guard, she was so enthralled by the idea that there is always a soldier guarding the tomb. We started asking each other at random times, "Do you know what's happening right now?", and since the question wasn't connected to anything at that moment the person asked would say, "What?" and the other would answer, "There's a soldier guarding the tomb." We've kept that up for years - during rain storms and snow storms and heat waves and holidays. It really drives home the idea that at any given time as we go about our daily lives, the tradition of guarding the tomb is being carried out by a soldier. We always stop and think and are thankful for the sacrifices that have been made for us to enjoy the lives we do. That realization every now and again never gets old.
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Country Ham
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Jun 25, 2014 19:32:08 GMT
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Post by Country Ham on Jun 3, 2016 20:21:20 GMT
I am not watching the video cause I have a house full of young kids, but wouldn't saying "shut the f______ up" be reprimandable? I visited the Tomb of the unknown Soldier in Canada. I think I remember guards there but they never spoke or reacted to the crowds.
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Post by gale w on Jun 3, 2016 20:42:26 GMT
I am not watching the video cause I have a house full of young kids, but wouldn't saying "shut the f______ up" be reprimandable? I visited the Tomb of the unknown Soldier in Canada. I think I remember guards there but they never spoke or reacted to the crowds. He didn't actually say that. Someone posted earlier in the thread what he said.
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Oct 8, 2024 2:32:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 23:56:13 GMT
The son of one of my friends just finished his tour of duty as a guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He said 99.5% of the people who come to visit are respectful, quiet and, at times, pretty emotional. However, he has had to ask some people to remember where they are and to be respectful. However, he did say one of his best memories was of a young child (he thought he was about 6) who reprimanded his parents for answering their cellphones. One of my children was honored with the task of placing a wreath on the Tomb. He said he had never felt so honored or so shook up in his whole life.
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kelly8875
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Oct 26, 2014 17:02:56 GMT
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Post by kelly8875 on Jun 4, 2016 1:21:28 GMT
When I was in 8th grade, I was honored to be chosen to help lay the wreath at a ceremony on our school trip. The whole experience was amazing. I can't imagine people going and not understanding they should be quiet! My uncle never made it home from Vietnam (before I was born), and my grandpa was a retired Kernel in the Marines...so I understand the military, but still. How can people be so obtuse? ?
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Post by scrappintoee on Jun 5, 2016 9:39:51 GMT
I've been there many times, and I have to admit, I did speak quietly to my nephew one time, then realized how disrespectful I'd been. I've never seen a guard have to do that in all the times I've been there, though. On a related note, I was SHOCKED and DISGUSTED when we visited the site of the Oklahoma City Bombing and saw cigarette butts---SERIOUSLY? You couldn't WAIT to smoke until you were done walking through a sacred place like that, and at LEAST go across the street ?
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M in Carolina
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Jun 29, 2014 12:11:41 GMT
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Post by M in Carolina on Jun 5, 2016 11:54:33 GMT
I'm not surprised that people were loud. Manners are very rare these days.
I'm always shocked at how nobody knows that in a cemetery that you should try to walk around the graves, not over them.
When I was in France, a friend of my French teacher took us around her region. We visited Gen Lafayette's estate which is in a teeny little town. An old shepherd was taking his flock through the center of town, so we stopped our car, and I asked him in French if I could take some photos. So he started talking with the friend and my teacher--he thought I was from Brittany because of my red hair and glasz eyes (bluish green that change colours).
When he heard we were Americans, he teared up and thanked us for our help "during the war"--he was a little boy, and the Nazis had captured his town. So we thanked him for his country's service to us during the Revolutionary War. He was really impressed that we even wanted to visit Lafayette's home. My teacher and I were surprised that it wasn't a larger tourist attraction--a lot of people know who he was. I think the fact that it was in the middle of nowhere had a lot to do with it.
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Sarah*H
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Jun 25, 2014 20:07:06 GMT
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Post by Sarah*H on Jun 5, 2016 16:04:44 GMT
We were at the Flight 93 Memorial last weekend and it was the same thing. In the area designated for quiet reflection with benches, a woman was talking on her cell phone at the top of her voice, saying the most inane things. And actually saying things like "LOL" over and over and over. Completely classless and obtuse.
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