Robert M. Edsel

Robert M. Edsel remembers Congresswoman Kay Granger, a loyal friend and tireless champion of the Monuments Men and Women and their legacy.

Only one agenda should govern our nation’s twenty-six overseas military cemeteries, where more than 200,000 Americans lay in rest: how best to honor and remember the men and women who lost their lives for our freedom.

Today, I find myself thinking about gratitude. In 1944, Christmas cards like the one below were created for residents living in the newly liberated areas of the Netherlands. Families who had taken American soldiers into their homes sent these cards to the young men who had returned to the front lines, many facing an uncertain future.