[RandFan]

So technically it’s Thursday

I hope some of you will be awake there’s lots going on to mark it. I’m quite surprised they’re pushing the boat out with festivities, etc.

I think it really resonates even among younger generations

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Thanks to the post-McCarthy and post-Vietnam War cultural landscape as reflected in Hollywood a’la the likes of Jane Fonda et al. - plus all the postmodern hippie deconstructionists who entrenched themselves in our education system:

We have yet to recover “American” heritage and patriotism as a collective.

I mean sure there is the Super Bowl national anthem...but other than that, there are very few collectively shared moments where we celebrate our flag and country.

And other than in D.C. we lack proper monuments. This in part because other than Pearl Harbor, there were no battles physically fought on our soil...Still, no excuse for how little appreciation there is for our history. :(