This is the National Infantry Museum in Ft. Benning, GA where the senior missionaries gathered on Saturday for a tour and outing. It is a magnificent museum which does not glorify war, but rather honors the men of the United States Infantry who have defended the American People for over 240 years. It was a sacred experience to tour the galleries, watch the movies, read the histories and learn of individual acts of heroism performed by many who never returned home. I am humbled and grateful for their service.
This is Iron Mike who stands at the entrance of the National Infantry Museum. The infantry motto is, "Follow Me". "The Last Hundred Yards" is a meaningful term to the infantry, as after the planes, helicopters and tanks do their work, it is the responsibility of the infantry to go the last hundred yards and capture the ground to win the battle.
You may be wondering why I included this photo....it captures sacred soil. In front of the parade stand is a grassy field that originally had soil brought in from every battle site where the US Infantry had fought over the last 240 plus years. It was then seeded and is as you see it today, so when these young infantry soldiers graduate from Ft. Benning and march on this field, they are literally on sacred ground where their forefathers fought.
Sister Peterson and I at the Fife and Drum upstairs in the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia. We had a lovely time visiting over lunch with the Ingalsbes, Smalleys, Despains, Combs, Gibsons, and Scotts. President and Sister Satterfield were both sick and unable to join us. They were missed.
This is the National Infantry Museum in Ft. Benning, GA where the senior missionaries gathered on Saturday for a tour and outing. It is a magnificent museum which does not glorify war, but rather honors the men of the United States Infantry who have defended the American People for over 240 years. It was a sacred experience to tour the galleries, watch the movies, read the histories and learn of individual acts of heroism performed by many who never returned home. I am humbled and grateful for their service.
This is Iron Mike who stands at the entrance of the National Infantry Museum. The infantry motto is, "Follow Me". "The Last Hundred Yards" is a meaningful term to the infantry, as after the planes, helicopters and tanks do their work, it is the responsibility of the infantry to go the last hundred yards and capture the ground to win the battle.
You may be wondering why I included this photo....it captures sacred soil. In front of the parade stand is a grassy field that originally had soil brought in from every battle site where the US Infantry had fought over the last 240 plus years. It was then seeded and is as you see it today, so when these young infantry soldiers graduate from Ft. Benning and march on this field, they are literally on sacred ground where their forefathers fought.
Sister Peterson and I at the Fife and Drum upstairs in the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia. We had a lovely time visiting over lunch with the Ingalsbes, Smalleys, Despains, Combs, Gibsons, and Scotts. President and Sister Satterfield were both sick and unable to join us. They were missed.
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