[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: 9-11...Why not a Federal Holiday? OT
- From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Erynbrook@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:02:04 -0400
Somehow, I think that Kathy was thinking more of a "day of
remembrance," and not a celebratory holiday...she just
used the wrong words, which we all do from time to time............. I
think that in fact, many of us do treat it as a
day of remembrance...and our television stations have been remembering
it all week. it's awful, I know...but when I
catch one of those programs on the tube, i just have to watch...i can't
stop myself...and I remember that day like
it was yesterday........
BUT - my big flag goes up first thing in the morning (there's always
a flag here, but tomorrow it'll be the big one)...
and I'm sure I won't be the only one remembering that awful day...
Peggy
Erynbrook@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Just my personal opinion, but I think our national holidays are
> designed to CELEBRATE people or positive events -- President's Day,
> MLK Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day,
> Veteran's Day, Christmas and New Years Day. And yes my family was
> affected by 9/11 with 4 deaths on the plane that flew into the (my!)
> Pentagon so PLEASE do not take this wrong, but why would we want to
> celebrate the fact that our enemies were able to come onto our soil
> and wreak havoc in the lives of so many and tear a huge hole in our
> hearts? Pearl Harbor Day is not a national holiday but rather a
> national day of remembrance for all who died in just a few hours, and
> we do have a day of remembrance on every anniversary of that
> horrendous day in September,2001 with ceremonies held across the
> country. The similarities between December 7, 1941 and September 11,
> 2001 are eery. Both were "sneak attacks" catching our nation unaware
> and unprepared. Approximately 2,334 lives were lost at Pearl Harbor
> and more than 2,900 on 9/11.
>
> Much as I love ya Kathy I for one don't want a national holiday on
> such a sad sad day. Better that we take a page from President
> Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "... we here highly resolve that these
> dead shall not have died in vain ...", a phrase that was later used on
> "Remember Pearl Harbor" posters.
>
> As I said - JMHO.
>
> Susan Casey
> SGM, U.S. Army (Ret.)
>
>
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