So a memorial on the Mall in Washington — right on Congress’s doorstep and where so many other important sacrifices are invoked in our nation’s capital — would be perfect. It’s an idea that a reader emailed to us — a School Gun Violence Memorial. If someone were to propose this memorial to school kids and educators, it would have to go through the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. A memorial in Washington would be about the failure of our society and government to protect its children. “These fulfill an important immediate function, especially for those mourning, and their temporariness is part of their character.”But a memorial?

Source: Washington Post February 19, 2018 20:38 UTC