Anniversary Getaway Day Three

Day Three has been good. There were no long walks, no changing plans, no broken-down buses. After a short bus ride to the World War II Museum, we spent several hours exploring an amazing place. Tom Hanks narrated the introductory movie. We toured the exhibits and videos about the Home Front, the Road to Berlin, the Pacific sector, D-Day, the Manhattan Project, and the dropping of the atom bomb.

Why is there a museum to remind us of the event that brought more death and destruction to the world than any other episode in history? Viewing details about that type of experience leaves me with numerous questions and feelings of sadness. How could the charisma of a sadistic Fuhrer and a self-proclaimed divine emperor bring the free world to the brink of enslavement? While historians try to explain each how and why, they fall short in accounting for the gullibleness that allowed it to happen.

We had lunch at the Soda Shop on the premises. It was a short bus ride home and one-block walk to our resort. A relaxing afternoon was followed by supper with what was left in our refrigerator.

Tomorrow will be another day. We have no plans except to spend our 49th anniversary together. It is supposed to be rainy. Good thing we don't have any agenda that requires sunshine.