Happy Freedom Day

The Defense Department is apparently now in the holiday-creation business, Given how well they're doing at nation building, I expect this thing to erupt in a fiery disaster:

The U.S. Defense Department will hold a walk and country music concert to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks and to honor U.S. troops and veterans.

Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense, said the walk is "the perfect marriage of both sentiments: commemorating September 11 and the importance of our freedom."
    
The two-mile walk will begin at 10 a.m. past the section of the Pentagon hit in the attack and is tentatively scheduled to go through Arlington National Cemetery before crossing the Arlington Memorial Bridge and passing the Lincoln Memorial, said Air Force spokeswoman Tech. Sgt. Eileen Lainez.

They're calling this the America Supports You Freedom Walk, which sounds like a name dreamed up by a 3rd-grader. Doesn't the Pentagon have any better things to do than organize jingoistic public events? Isn't there a war going on?

By the way, here's the kicker.
    

Participants and volunteers must register by Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. at www.americasupportsyou.mil. Organizers need 2,000 volunteers.
    
"We're asking people to register for security reasons [and] to make sure there are enough T-shirts and water," Sgt. Lainez said.

Yes, you have to register for the freedom walk. You have to give your name, email address, and phone number to walk in public. So here's the question: if I just happen to be in Washington on foot that day, sightseeing around the Lincoln Memorial, will I be arrested?

Gotta love that freedom.