Charity, Beauty, and Dedication Are Civilization’s Building Blocks
Commentary
I was three weeks late from the peak of the season, but many of the roses at Elizabeth Park in Hartford, Connecticut, were still in bloom when I visited. The experience provokes deep reflection on core issues such as how beauty, charity, and commitment are so crucial to the good society.
In all my travels in the United States and abroad, I’ve never seen a garden like this one. It remains the largest and oldest municipal rose garden in the United States. In a world of demoralization and decay, its very existence seems improbable, even impossible. And yet there it is in all its astonishing beauty, open to the public all day and night, with no restrictions and no fees….