September 11: Never Forget

 It's hard to believe it has been 19 years since the day the world stopped turning.  It's even harder to believe we have troops that weren't even born then still in harm's way fighting this fight.  However, evil never sleeps and we should never forget what this is all about!

September 11th is, in my mind, the modern Pearl Harbor event that is ingrained in the minds of many, many Americans.  We can still remember where we were, what we were doing, how we reacted.  Of all the things I seem to forget these days, I know I'll never forget that.  But, I wonder if the younger generation has the same feelings that we all do.  Certainly, I don't have the same 'feelings' about Pearl Harbor that a person alive at that time has.  I see the videos played every December 7th, but I don't have that first hand, gut wrenching, feeling. 

Each year the newscasts give less and less time to September 11.  We CANNOT let what happened fade away to be a mere footnote in history.  It's up to all of us to ensure the future generations not only know what happened, but that they 'feel' what happened.

And what did happen?  In the short term Americans of every type came together for America.  We were bonded as a nation, much like what happened after Pearl Harbor.  There was a resolve, a stiffened backbone.  There was PRIDE in America.

Much has happened in the intervening years, at home and abroad.  For today, however, let's all be Americans again....even if it is only for a day.