Seniors-Do you believe December 7, 1941 means anything to Americans today?

Not sure if my grandson will note the day with sadness. ... But I do.

I also do the same on August 6th and 9th (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)

"And he's fighting for Canada,

he's fighting for France,

he's fighting for the USA,

and he's fighting for the Russians

and he's fighting for Japan,

and he thinks we'll put an end to war this way"

My dad landed in Normandy on D-Day and walked across Europe, I have all his papers and letters, every one, some bring tears to my eyes.

"lest we forget" but, haven't we already ? I don't know what to say. I made a memorial with a flag, a small garden and rock lined flowers with a walk and a cement bench for procrastinating. I put all the names of all the men and the few women of the family that served in the wars of our times and the services, I should say. I served ten years, two in 'Nam wounded twice.

I have a hard time watching movies like Mel Gibsons "We were soldiers" my unit was the fourth. Others like this.

It'll be a new generation of stories coming from the Near East now when this one is over and the first ones will be pushed further back into memory.

I will, however never forget the 21 men I served with that will never come home, all buried on foreign soil fighting for survival, for something we didn't understand, something we were spit on by our fellow Americans. Called names for going to a foreign place to fight for our Country by the orders of our President, trying to just survive.

I don't have the answers for you, I'm sorry. My Grandson just came home from Iraq after five years, no more is all I can say.

I don't think people in the U.S. are any more passe about history than we've ever been. Some people take note of dates like the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor; and some people rarely if ever pay attention to significant dates in US history.

I was listening to my local tv news this morning; and one of the reports (aside from traffic reports, weather, shootings, and car crashes) was about a Bike Run (motorcycle) done on Saturday. This run is an annual event to collect toys for Christmas gifts, over 1000 people rode bikes and collected the toys. This group dedicated Saturday's ride to the members of the military who were at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

It doesn't take an act of Congress to bring attention to important dates. Dedicating a bike run worked here. I bet a letter to the editor of our newpapers that talks about observing the day of infamy would be published.

Time passes; those who lived through that time are fewer and fewer. I don't expect the same level of attention to Dec. 7 as we had 30 or 40 years ago. I don't think that makes us more passe than we used to be. I believe that the fading memories that comes with the passage of time is inevitable; but that we have a rich store of recorded accounts of the time and it is up to those who do remember to share those stories rather than bemoan the lack of attention.

The LA Times... a "local" paper... HA!!! I've never considered that local. Be that as it may...

In a real sense, "history" that is "relatable" is what happened during our lifetimes. 9/11 has since outstripped Pearl Harbor in both scope and numbers, and will likely forever relegate Pearl Harbor to 2nd place.

Our education system, though sorely lacking, can only do so much, and as those who remember 12/7/41 from first hand knowledge continue to die, it will continue to fade into the history pages, and not the front page.

Have a Senior day.

It does to me. I wasn't born til '47, but I've watched documentaries about it and learned from reading. I'm visually oriented and aware of the significance of American history. Whether it means anything to Americans today is something I can only answer singularly, but I do believe it still means what it meant to Americans with love of country. The L.A. Times should certainly have run a tribute!

There's a movie from the book by Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars, you may want to see, set in the Pacific Northwest after 12/7/47, documenting the truth of our actions in that one fishing village. The actor Max vonSydow in one take did such a stupendous closing argument that it's something you don't forget. It also stars Sam Shepherd, with Ethan Hawke his veteran son.

One thing to remind you of: with American media so changed now, we can Google and find everything we want to know, beyond newspapers and television. This is a good age to experience.

I am old enough to remember and remember I do every time it is mentioned. Today is Sunday and in our little town there is no paper on Sunday. There was a parade yesterday and discounts at some of the local restaurants, but everything pertaining to December 7, 1941 will be in tomorrow's paper. I know it will be there because the Editor is a vet and always acknowledges things of a military nature.

PIX-ED, I too, was sadly disappointed, that not one mention of the events that took place at pearl Harbor, some 67 years ago.

Even in church yesterday, where the congregation is made up of several "VERY Senior"Seniors, and the Pastor spoke about "peace" and "beating swords into plowshares" and such, not a word.

Somehow, it never came up, and I know those guys on the Arizona are raising holy hell about not being remembered.

Good question though, here's a star for your rememberance.

(ps, don't expect too much from the Times, that "rag" can't get anything right unless it's in Span-glish, or so far to the "left" that no "normal" person can read it.

The Times does make our little dairy cow town paper, look like a Pulitzer Prize winner though.)

I think it's because so many who lived through that time are no longer with us.

I watched a couple of shows on Pearl Harbor yesterday because I really am interested in history and my late dad was a disabled WWII vet. Learned some things I didn't know. Kept the channel on and learned about the battle of Midway, too.

I think people in general forget history except for those of us who are specifically interested in what happened before us.

I remember it because my parents were married in November of 1941 and there were many family stories concerning the war and how families survived those rough times. I find it odd that my grand children know so little of Vietnam and what it was like to see news stories about it and all the protests during that time.

I well remember President Roosevelt making that memorable speech on the radio and discussing it with my father afterward as he explained the significance to me. i was 10 years old at the time too young to get into WWII but just right for the Korean conflict. i also have a very dear friend who celebrates her birthday on December 7, so i doubly remember the day.

It means nothing to our current crop of Americans. The youth of today are living on fast track to repeat the errors of the past. Put down their guard because of "why can't we all just get along".

Yes, I expect that one day we will be attacked again. I can see it now. I will be in a nursing home getting a sponge bath by a 23 year old CNA. More then likely it will be my last sponge bath before punching out my ticket for the train going into the hear after. And I will be too medicated to notice the CNA. Damn those drugs. LOL