Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

For Memorial Day, we read Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (paid link).  Here is the description from Amazon:

Keeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards, whose every step, every turn, honors and remembers America’s fallen. They protect fellow soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, making sure they are never alone. To stand there—with absolute precision, in every type of weather, at every moment of the day, one in a line uninterrupted since midnight July 2, 1937—is the ultimate privilege and the most difficult post to earn in the army. Everything these men and women do is in service to the Unknowns. Their standard is perfection.

Exactly how the unnamed men came to be entombed at Arlington, and exactly how their fellow soldiers have come to keep vigil over them, is a sobering and powerful tale, told by Jeff Gottesfeld and luminously illustrated by Matt Tavares—a tale that honors the soldiers who honor the fallen.

Heute wird hier "Memorial Day" gefeiert.  Man gedenkt der amerikanischen Gefallenen aller Kriege.

We have had some unfortunate events happening: our minivan had a flat tire, our lawn mower broke (a wheel broke off), and upon Charlotte's return to Denver yesterday, she discovered that her car had been stolen!  The police is looking for it.  I came down with a flu/cold last Tuesday.  I have felt quite bad for a week, but it seems to be getting better.  And Veronika called today from the beach to show me the wonderful waves.  That made me very happy!

Hier sind leider unangenehme Dinge passiert: unser Auto hatte einen Platten, unser Rasenmäher ist kaputt gegangen (ein Rad ist abgebrochen), und Charlotte hat gestern entdeckt, nachdem sie wieder heile in Denver gelandet war, daß jemand ihr Auto gestohlen hat.  Sie Polizei sucht es jetzt.  Letzten Dienstag habe ich eine Grippe/Erkältung bekommen, die erst jetzt besser zu werden scheint.  Aber dann hat Veronika heute vom Strand angerufen, um mir die schönen Meereswellen zu zeigen.  Das hat mir auch gut getan!

I guess that is it for today.

Ich glaube, das ist für heute alles.