In honor of Veterans Day

We have had a lot of remarkable experiences while here in Maryland. Aaron and I agreed, however, that the most memorable one has been our trip to Gettysburg. We went with our own personal tour guide, Chris Brewer, who is a member of our ward and lives in our building.

He is a historian who specializes in American history. He gives a lot of speeches, writes books, he has helped make several films (including the movie "Gettysburg") and he gives this tour to a lot of famous people. (Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon and many more). His fees are $1500 a day, plus $50 a person. We, however had this remarkable experience free of charge. (He is extremely generous in his service to others. I also have to say that for the past 16 years, he has had a special calling of being "Santa" at the temple in Washington DC. I will probably have to write some more about him later because he is probably the most amazing person I have ever met) He is an incredible story teller and at each stop we learned amazing and moving stories from this great battle.

This (on the left) is the field where Picketts Charge happened. In less than an hour, nearly 6,000 men died on this field. More than 50,000 men died in 3 days of battle.

Today we honor and remember all of those who

have sacrificed all for our great country.