has mostly been forgotten. Very little mention in the news, on social media or on message forums.
Thank you to all who gave or suffered to make America the greatest nation on Earth. I wish you peace.
I wish those who have in the past, and those who are now contributing to its demise, could behold and appreciate every sacrifice that was made to afford you the very freedom you squander or abuse.
Mojo
Well said.
Well said mojo! Very sad we don’t recognize this day and talk about it more.
Here’s an interesting fact from Pearl Harbor and MN ties. Makes you wonder what all would have changed if the alarm went up an hour+ earlier.
I recall reading something about the sub and the first shot along time ago..
thanks for the reminder!!!
Thanks for posting this. My first thought when I saw the title was “gosh, I’d almost forgotten”. And I’m old enough to know better! December 7 used to be a big deal back when our parents, who actually lived through it, were around. So, Dec. 7 was always in the news when I was growing up. There are very few WW2 vets around now. It won’t be long before their kids, my generation, are gone and Dec. 7 will just be another day on the countdown to Christmas.
True heros!!!
Biden is finally on the right side of history on something.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/06/a-proclamation-on-national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day-2024/
Very well said mojo
I do kinda wonder how many people under the age of 25 know what this day represents
I do kinda wonder how many people under the age of 25 know what this day represents
I wonder how many people under the age of 45 or 55 remember or commemorate what happened on November 11, 1918? I certainly saw no mention of, or commentation of it, on these pages.
Nothing takes away any of the significance of these days. I get a little tired of the inferences that some generation is somehow ungrateful because they don’t commemorate it in the same way that a previous generation did. I see no mention anymore of Decoration Day. Does that mean that all generations now are ungrateful for what that day commemorates?
Certainly not, but yet as time has moved on other commemorations move to the forefront because they have a closer personal connection to those who are alive.
We can celebrate these days and call attention to the great sacrifices that bought us our freedom. There is no reason to turn this into yet another us versus them generational conflict.
There are moments in history that are more well known or discussed then other moments for sure, i was just going off the main thread subject
Grouse that was so well said.
Grouse that was so well said.
Agreed.
Agreed Grouse, although Armistice Day became Veterans Day in the US after WW2, so I think most still recognize it just under a different name. Same for Decoration Day to Memorial Day (although I did have to Google this one)
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