This is not an unusual story. It's all too typical. But, this IS why I cut the notice out of the paper. And this is why I read Bob Dambach's column on the moving wall's arrival. And this IS why I will go see the replica on March 20th.

Since its inception, I have felt the gnawing at my insides to go to Washington. Not to stand on the steps of congress. Not the Smithsonian. Not the Archives. Not JFK's gravesite. There is a need within me to scour the marble etching, to see and feel the letters R-O-B-E-R-T B-R-O-O-K-S. Perhaps it is this feeling, this craving to be cleansed, lodged within so many Americans, which has caused the creation of the Moving Wall.