Notre Dame: A rallying point for EU solidarity

Not every society has symbols that tell a story far beyond their original intent; buildings or monuments so polished by time that they have transcended the political or religious objectives behind their inception.

America still has none. It may have many statements of intent — the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Monument, or even Washington’s Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Wall — but these seem national IOUs, more like works name-checking promises as yet undelivered and remote.