Woster: The heroes who defended freedom for the rest of us

Woster: The heroes who defended freedom for the rest of us

When I worked in the state Capitol building during legislative sessions, sometimes at the end of the day I would walk out the east door and around the lake to our home across the street from the governor’s residence. Whenever I did, I liked to pause for a bit at the Flaming Fountain on the shore of the lake. That’s where stone markers carry the names of the South Dakotans who died in the military during the Vietnam and Korean wars. It’s a specia…