Thank you for the kind words. While it’s always gratifying to have one’s labors recognized, that’s not why I do the work that I do.

I do what I do because I firmly believe that we have a moral RESPONSIBILITY to do this work. If we don’t act to preserve our history and heritage for future generations, then we condemn those future generations to only be able to read books and look at two-dimensional maps to learn these critical lessons of history. I firmly believe that we owe it to those future generations to be able to walk that ground and to try to experience the things that the soldiers who fought, sacrificed and died experienced, and to honor the memories of those men. That’s why I do what I do. And I know it’s why you do what you do.

In the end, while the recognition is great, it’s the results that ultimately matter. In this case, getting to swing a sledgehammer to help to bring down the McMansion will be all of the thanks that I will ever want or need.

Cavalry troopers, Blue and Gray, owe you a huge debt of gratitude for helping to save their battlefield, in perpetuity.

So please accept my sincere congratulations–and those of your many friends– for all you have done to SAVE BRANDY STATION!!