Russell,
Don't take what I'm about to write the wrong way. Give some very serious thought to this.
I'm uncomfortable with the mindset of our present day society that is erecting memorials for the victims of 9-11. In fact, I'm very uncomfortable with it. They lost sight of the most important memorial. The only memorial we should be striving for is complete victory over our enemies that caused the great lack of life and lingering grief.
It took over 20 years for a memorial to be erected and opened at Pearl Harbor. Over 50 years to erect a national memorial dedicated to the millions of service men and women that achieved our victories in Europe and the Pacific.
The foundation of every war memorial erected should be victory over our enemies first. Only such victory can be a lasting memorial.
I do wish the federal government had the wisdom to offer war bonds to the public in support of the war. It would be money much better spent in achieving victory in memorial of the victims of 9-11 and their families.
I agree with your point (in fact I detest the yellow ribbon nonsense), but if we are going to have a memorial, it should honor our country. Please return to my blog and read my Friday post.