America has been at war roughly 93% of the time since its founding. We have been bred into a national identity that equates might with right and that sells patriotism through the language of conflict. We’ve normalized it to the point that we forget we’re even at war unless the headlines are too loud to ignore. Violence is truly the American way.

An act of kindness by a stranger in Kentucky delivered a missing and cherished piece of history to the Watkins family. After 84 years, this priceless item found its way back home.