I had the privilege and honor to look down in the water in Pearl Harbor.
Never will forget that. But will the young remember? Will they remember the Holocaust and the lessons we learned from it?
Will they remember 9-11 or will it just be a history question answer?
Ron, she's a beauty.
No, the "young" won't remember even 9-11-01 because it isn't within their age of awareness. Consider that a child would be at least ten years old before events like that are meaningful and interpreted in a personal way unless it hit very close to home. To be ten years-old in 2001 means being born in 1991, making that person 23 years-old now. That's about as young as one could be now to personally remember 9-11 as a self-evaluated event with knowledgeable context.
To anyone younger than 23, and likely more than just a few that are older than 23, it's history; which illustrates the importance of teaching our children well.
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG, lyrics by Graham Nash, first released in 1970.
"Teach Your Children"
You, who are on the road must have a code that you can live by.
And so become yourself because the past is just a good bye.
Teach your children well, their father's he** did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams, the one they fix, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.
And you, of the tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by,
And so please help them with your youth, they seek the truth before they can die.
Teach your parents well, their children's he** will slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams, the one they fix,the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.
