The Peace Monument in Washington DC, pictured above, has two elements of note. First, it is actually a war memorial dedicated to the men who served in the Union Navy during the Civil War. Second, the type of marble used is unsuited for outdoor display, thus requiring constant maintenance and repair.
Right now, peace is a scarce commodity. There is no peace in household budgets squeezed to the breaking point by food and gas prices. Nor is there peace in the political landscape, one laced with assassination attempts and deliberate malfeasance by political leaders and media alike in the desperate pursuit of power above all and over all. We are drowning in an acidic sea of corrosive lies told by lying liars. Finding peace amid these political storms is challenging for even the most faithful.
The Roman military theoretician Vegetius popularized the expression, “If you want peace,…
