ARLINGTON
A VIRGINIA HILLSIDE OVERLOOKING THE POTOMAC RIVER.
A 19TH-CENTURY MANSION NESTLED BETWEEN GROUPS OF
TREES SEEMS OUT OF PLACE AMID THE THOUSANDS OF
MILITARY GRAVE SITES THAT STRETCH OUT AROUND THE
COMPOUND.
WHITE STARS AND STRIPES OF THE AMERICAN FLAG SLOWLY
FLUTTER – ARCHIVE FOOTAGE – CIVIL WAR, WW-I, WW-II,
KOREA, VIET NAM TO PRESENT DAY MILITARY CLASHES
AROUND THE WORLD – A MILITARY PROCESSION OF SERVICE
PERSONNEL ESCORTING A FLAG DRAPED COFFIN ALONG A
COBBLESTONE STREET – SLOWLY PANS ACROSS THOUSANDS
OF HEADSTONES AND MONUMENTS THAT STAND TALL ON THIS
SACRED PIECE OF LAND THAT IS THE RESTING PLACE FOR
AMERICAN HEROS AND THEIR STORIES
THIS IS ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
“Giri”
(Obligation)
What a tangled web we weave,
when we practice to deceive.
There are no guarantees in a conspiracy
(Pause)
The greatest conspiracy of the
Twentieth century: was the U.S. getting involved
in WWII, and then ending it to save face.
Or was it?