The Men That Others Forgot
27th September 2013
Guy Somerset rakes up the past.
On September 20, 2013, President Obama flew the black flag above his White House to honor prisoners of war and soldiers still missing in action.
If you were unaware of this, it is not surprising. The proclamation was quietly released to the media without a televised speech. On the day itself the Commander-in-Chief did make a public appearance…where he spoke about the debt ceiling instead.
It brings to mind December 7, or Pearl Harbor Day, which Americans and their president still widely commemorated until the late twentieth century. Contrast this against only the twelfth anniversary of September 11, which went by largely unnoticed, or at least with far less dignity than it deserved.