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Message: <blockquote data-quote="plissken" data-source="post: 1325554" data-attributes="member: 6526"><p>I like this.  One of the greatest things I've seen is an old WWII vet crossing the velvet rope in the Smithsonian to get up close to an old plane similar to one he once flew.  I was just a spectator taking my nephews to D.C.  We stood there and watched alongside security as this frail, elderly man crossed the rope to run his hands alongside a plane he flew a lifetime ago.  We watched his family admire though tears as grandpa remembered where he had been.  Living history they are.  Now I know what the rope and dress codes are for, but I'm not bothered by a little special treatment for a deserving celebrity.  Saving the world deserves a little bonus now and then.</p></blockquote><p></p>