[Golf1echo]

As we honor those that were involved I think of many however when Roosevelt is mentioned I think of General Patrick Hurley,a close confidant and often pictured at his side in places like Yalta and elsewhere... His story is one of working his way from the bottom to the top, " American Hero" IIRC is his biography , while I never met him as he had passed away before I became involved with the family , I worked my way through college taking care of his wife's estate, Patricia Hurley ( daughter of Admiral Wilson, Commander of the Pacific Fleet) in Tucson, AZ after she had moved from their home in Sante Fe,NM. I was very blessed to have come into that opportunity and they were quite a family who's story was that of America in those times.

I think today of an experience I had on Monday as well, perhaps one of the most solum of my life. Once again I found myself in Abilene, KS and after driving around stopped at a building that's sign read History Center...short on time I chose to visit what was described as the Meditation Chapel. It was a simple but eloquent building and I was alone inside, as I came to an American Flag i was overcome with emotion and promptly saluted as I realized at its base was the tomb of 5 Star General Dwight D.Eisenhower 34th President of the United Staes of America and his wife Mamie... It was only then I realized I was at his Presidential Library, a man rooted in humility referencing a very different time in American history...