10/30/2003

All is fair in heritage tourism:

"Look at your feet," he said, as lightning punctuated the darkened night sky behind him. "You are probably standing where some soldier died. But don't bother moving, because wherever you end up, odds are some soldier died there, too."

Odds are also that some history happened around here somewhere, too. But right now, focus on visualizing great piles of corpses at your feet.