Need to rant: What were people thinking to butcher these veterans?!

[artyldr01]

I guess in a time of such turmoil and a "disposable" society I hate seeing our lack of appreciation for our past. I have the same thoughts over our buildings, etc. Seeing things like Tiger Stadium in Detroit torn down after close to a century, rather than preserved. Battlefields in the US that are always under threat of encroachment, etc. I understand the reality of not being able to keep everything, just wish we did more to preserve MORE and appreciate our past like other parts of the world do.

At least there are dedicated people like the folks on these forums that do care, it gives me hope!

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[browningautorifle]

Tiger Stadium in Detroit

I'm from that area, across the river in Canada. I don't share quite the same feeling about a stadium but I do understand about the heritage buildings. The government buildings in Canada don't have to be preserved so we destroy our heritage buildings on military land as quick as look at them. Sad really. At least in the US you realize the historic importanc some of these have and preserve. It would cost way more to keep and repair a stadium, that I'm sure would be smaller than needed than to build a new one. In Quebec, the Plains of Abraham barely exist now because of the encroachment issue. It's all about money now...