Did you notice how few articles there were about Pearl Harbor or, more broadly, World War II yesterday? I think it’s reasonable to speculate that remembrance of the event has died with the “Greatest Generation”, the generation that fought it.
Did you notice how few articles there were about Pearl Harbor or, more broadly, World War II yesterday? I think it’s reasonable to speculate that remembrance of the event has died with the “Greatest Generation”, the generation that fought it.
Yes. I was waiting to see if you had a post as well.
I saw a lot on social media but then again, I have many friends and acquaintances affiliated with the military.
I lost my Dad recently at 92 and he was a WWII vet. That generation is definitely disappearing. He was interred at a national cemetery in the Denver area and they are so busy there they have funerals back-to-back-to-back all day, everyday. The Korean war vets and some of the older Vietnam vets are dying too.
I think it takes a certain amount of stability and tranquility to look back and celebrate anniversaries, and maybe a mental attitude that tends to past reflections. You probably wouldn’t make a big deal about a 20th year wedding anniversary if you were in the midst of a messy divorce, for example.
I don’t think Twitter and most other social media do much to increase reflections on the distant past, and I don’t think American society is characterized by “peace and stability”. The bombing of the Arizona was big news in my father’s youth; the hollowing out of Utah’s National Monuments was just this past week.
it’s just math, 76 isn’t divisible by five. A lot more was made of it last year.