Letter to the Editor: Maybe one too many?

To the Editor:
Old Glory and the ideals represented by a white picket fence should be honored. However, on the point of Mt. Hosmer?
Not only is there a desire to be in beautiful places like the Veterans Park at Mt. Hosmer, but share the beauty. Sharing the beauty might just mean preserving it.
I would be remiss in honoring the spirit of the woman the Mt. Hosmer is named after if I didn’t comment on the ongoing tendency to use nature as a backdrop for honoring those who have gone before us. Are we adding to a visitor’s experience when they come to the park, or taking it away?
Just a thought, but you can have picket fences, fly Old Glory and put up benches in your own back yard, without taking a breathtaking view of nature away for the rest of us.
Thank you.

Ann Gallagher
a/k/a Catfish Annie
Waukon