Monumental Men, Quick Thought

I just saw a beautiful image of the Lincoln Monument at night. It is so majestic, and such a wonderful monument to a fallen leader who held this country together by sheer will during the Civil War. It got me to thinking if today's government would see fit to memorialize a fallen leader, military or civilian, in such a magnificent way. Then I had to ask myself the question, "Do we have such monumental leaders today? Where have they gone?"

I realize leaders such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr. only come along once every several generations. The question still lingers in my mind, though. Do we have such monumental leaders in our midst today? If they are, it seems to me that they are needed. Will they step into the spotlight? Can you, can I, provide a smaller version of that leadership in the corner of the world in which we find ourselves?

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