Like it or not, time passes. Generations pass. It's not narcissism or "kids these days". It's just time passing.

When I was a kid there were millions and millions of WW2 vets around and hundreds of millions or more who lived through it. Now there are hardly any left with first-hand memories of the actutal event.

How many of you guys commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg or Antietam? Those losses dwarf the losses at Pearl Harbor, but I'm sure none of you could name the date without Googling it.

Or Saratoga and Yorktown?

No, neither do I. But I'm sure for the generations who lived through it--these events were a fresh and painful and important memory.