Never Forget

[slonezp]

 

and a big thanks to all our active and retired military.

[Felix77]

Amen to that!

 

[Raul]

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/9-11-then-and-now-1410312018-slideshow/

[Oregon Native]

Yup

[Catch and Grease]

Those are some "good" pictures, or bad, depends on how you look at it....

[Jigfishn10]

Man, I remember it like it was yesterday. God Bless all the folks who have fought and are fighting for us!

[EvanT123]

Watching this show on the history channel 9/11 102 minutes.

God bless not only our troops but all the people that passed that terrible day.

[Lund Explorer]

Sadly, there will come a day when we as a people will forget.  It's happened many, many times before and there will come a day when the date of 9/11 carries no more weight than all of the other dates that lived in infamy.

 

To see why this is true, you need only ask an 80-Something year old where he or she was on December 7th.  Even if they didn't have 24 hour a day news, and there weren't the dozen TV Channels that replayed that day each year, those events are still alive in their minds.  A lot of us know what that date signifies, but it is different when you weren't there to see or learn about the horror of the moment.  Within a year or so, we will have members of this forum who weren't alive in 2001.  They'll see the video of those planes tearing into the twin towers, but they will miss the real shock value those of us who lived through it will never forget.  Just perhaps, that's a good thing.

 

By the way, let's not forget that on 9/11 the word hero was spelled FDNY!

[Catch and Grease]

Forget is a strong word. I seriously doubt 9/11 will ever be forgotten, but nothing is forgotten. 9/11 may not carry as much weight years from now but it will always be in the history books.

I wasn't old enough to understand what was happening that day but that date still means a lot to me seeing the aftermath of what happened.

[Lund Explorer]

Forget is a strong word. I seriously doubt 9/11 will ever be forgotten, but nothing is forgotten. 9/11 may not carry as much weight years from now but it will always be in the history books.

I wasn't old enough to understand what was happening that day but that date still means a lot to me seeing the aftermath of what happened.

 

What did your history books have to say about the day an invading army burned down the White House, Congress, and many other government buildings in Washington DC?  How many of your peers even know that it actually did happen?

 

My point, is that the events of 9/11 will lose most of its shock value someday and new events will take center stage in our collective memories.  As our country ages it will create more history and more of our history will be set aside for the sole use of the few history geeks.

 

Let's not even consider the large segment of our population that can only remember two dates.  July 4th and December 25th!

[Kevin Beachy]

What did your history books have to say about the day an invading army burned down the White House, Congress, and many other government buildings in Washington DC?  How many of your peers even know that it actually did happen?

 

My point, is that the events of 9/11 will lose most of its shock value someday and new events will take center stage in our collective memories.  As our country ages it will create more history and more of our history will be set aside for the sole use of the few history geeks.

 

Let's not even consider the large segment of our population that can only remember two dates.  July 4th and December 25th!

Our history book talked about that!!! And Dolly Mason(i think thats her name) saved a picture of George Washington.

[Glenn]

Lund Explorer - I had the same thoughts.  How many people know the true shock and horror of Dec 7th without Googling it?  Every now and then, I'll ask somebody under the age of 30 what they know about that date, or June 6th, or August 6th and 9th.  Very rarely do they know.

[Skeeter Dan]

What did your history books have to say about the day an invading army burned down the White House, Congress, and many other government buildings in Washington DC?  How many of your peers even know that it actually did happen?

 

My point, is that the events of 9/11 will lose most of its shock value someday and new events will take center stage in our collective memories.  As our country ages it will create more history and more of our history will be set aside for the sole use of the few history geeks.

 

Let's not even consider the large segment of our population that can only remember two dates.  July 4th and December 25th!

Lund Explorer hit the nail on the head . The History books don't tell it all and after reading about an event the shock factor isn't there if you wern't around at the time it happend. They call\the Korean war the forgotten war. How about JFK , How much do you know about him ? Do you know about the Draft Dodgers and the Vietnam war protesters? The students at Kent state ? How our Vets were treated when they came home from Vietnam ? I tried to get a job with my land lord when I got out of the army in 1979 driving a dump truck. He told me had I not had been in the Army he would have hired me. I'm a vietnam era cold war Vet.Insted of going to Nam I went to Germany I could go on and on but I won't. I was born 2 yrs after the Korean war and since then there has been alot of things happen that I remember you younger guys and girls will have many things happen in your time that the shockfactor will remain with you. Many Thanks to all the Vets and First responders and most of all to MY HERO'S The ones who Died for OUR COUNTRY. GOD BLESS THEM ALL

[Mike L]

Lund Explorer hit the nail on the head . The History books don't tell it all and after reading about an event the shock factor isn't there if you wern't around at the time it happend. They call\the Korean war the forgotten war. How about JFK , How much do you know about him ? Do you know about the Draft Dodgers and the Vietnam war protesters? The students at Kent state ? How our Vets were treated when they came home from Vietnam ? I tried to get a job with my land lord when I got out of the army in 1979 driving a dump truck. He told me had I not had been in the Army he would have hired me. I'm a vietnam era cold war Vet.Insted of going to Nam I went to Germany I could go on and on but I won't. I was born 2 yrs after the Korean war and since then there has been alot of things happen that I remember you younger guys and girls will have many things happen in your time that the shockfactor will remain with you. Many Thanks to all the Vets and First responders and most of all to MY HERO'S The ones who Died for OUR COUNTRY. GOD BLESS THEM ALL

Amen Brother!!

We remember it all because we lived it all.

I wonder how many people who visit Washington DC would make a point to visit the "Wall" as they would the White House, the Capitol etc.

To many that place is considered hallowed ground, as much as Arlington is.

But I doubt a young couple in thier 20's or 30's wouldn't even think about it.

I have to stop now.

Mike

[Lund Explorer]

Our history book talked about that!!! And Dolly Mason(i think thats her name) saved a picture of George Washington.

 

Actually her name was Dolly Madison.  You may recognize that name as her husband was the President at that time.