Today is the 82nd Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, but it seems like there is a lack of commemoration of the event this year?

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1. https://apnews.com/article/pearl-harbor-attack-anniversary-world-war-ii-cdfd14ffccf0299305d90b61921fc95d

2. I must say that I’m not surprised your local news isn’t doing a feature on this. Unless there’s a 100 year old person in your town who was in Honolulu that day, I’m not sure why any given local news source would do a story just to remind people that something happened on this date 82 years ago.

3. 82 is kind of a weird number to celebrate, frankly, say, vs. 50, 75 or 100. And it’s already a national holiday, although not enough of one to make the mail stop and the banks close.

4. No it’s because Japan is an ally and since Trump came to office there’s been a cultural policy in this country emerging of re-writing history and ignoring the uncomfortable parts.

   China is our “enemy” now so no point in dwelling about Japan

5. I only saw a BBC piece, so none from major American news, at least that I saw.

   [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67631227](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67631227)

6. I definitely have. Such disrespect. But when public schools stopped teaching academics, government, econ and history?

   The socialists achieved their objective.

7. I didn’t realize it all all this year and couldn’t figure out why TCM has been showing exclusively military and war themed movies all week for most of the days. Then today watched a Gary Cooper naval movie depicting the whole Pearl Harbor attack. Still didn’t occur to me until I came on Reddit tonight with people asking the same question as OP . And I’m the type of Boomer that usually follows historical dates. So yes, I agree… very little public coverage of Pearl Harbor date this year.

8. History has both a shelf life and a half life. There was a lot of interest in the attack from those affected by it directly and those affected by the war it brought their parents, aunts, and uncles into. Less so with each generation because there’s less personal attachment and interest. It just means that those of us who carry a torch have to work a bit harder to make it easier for others to gain an interest and learn from it.

9. Like many events, it’s less relevant the more it falls out of living memory.

10. I could not care any less about Pearl Harbor if I tried.

11. The local news talked about it. Ofc the national news had a feature on a veteran and his family that served

12. There’s usually a small ceremony at the Intrepid in midtown and possibly other places

13. It’s becoming just another random historical event to most people, especially now that few veterans are left. For the first time since World War II, few alive remember World War II.

14. I heard a brief mention of it this morning on KTLA 5 while I was getting ready for work. I remember them mentioning there is only one crewmember left from the USS Arizona still living.

15. Probably because of Ukraine and Palestine, also we had a big thing for it for the 80th. 82 is a weird number to celebrate for

16. The 2023 Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade is scheduled to begin at 6:30pm PT tonight.

    You can watch it live on YouTube [by following this link](https://www.youtube.com/live/GkiKH7g-g5w?si=6VMr_5zuXYTVxnYd). The parade lineup includes 106 different groups from across the country—[see here for more information](https://www.pearlharborparade.org/the-parade).

17. When is VE Day? On what date did we bomb Hiroshima? Ask a Hundred randos what happened at Pearl Harbor and I’d be surprised if 15 could tell you. History has become meaningless to Americans

18. Word to the wise, remember Pearl Harbor!

19. As an American, I really don’t believe a commemoration is necessary for the 82nd anniversary. 10 year increments make more sense.

20. There was a commemorative event in Chicago. Taps was played, a salute was fired, and a ceremonial wreath placed in Lake Michigan (off of Navy Pier, I think). This was covered on the local ABC news.