She pulled into the capitol complex and parked. “Come on,” she said, opening her door. “I want to show you something.”
*****
“What is it?” Chara asked, staring upwards. The granite monolith loomed over them both. A few stray snowflakes fluttered down out of the gray skies and slid over the smooth stone. Government workers coming back from their lunch breaks hurried past them with barely a glance.
“It's called the Iowa Soldier's and Sailor's Monument,” Andi answered quietly, her cheeks stinging in the winter wind. “It's dedicated to all the Iowa men who fought in the Civil War.”
“Ah. I know this war. So terrible. But so glorious. What could be better than to die setting men and women free?”
“Well, I'm sure some of them thought it would be better to live setting men and women free,” And
