Advent, Day 7: Pearl Harbor

Today is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Seventy years, today, in fact. In my dorm room I have giant framed Salt Lake Tribune from August 15, 1945, the day Japan surrendered and World War II Ends!, as the headline says. It's a pretty cool thing for a history major to have in her apartment, I have to say. I found it in my Grandma's basement a couple of years ago.


You know, our generation is one of the first in a hundred years that hasn't participated in global conflict. There was The Great War, then World War II thirty years later, then Americans were all affected by Vietnam. We had our first taste of war on September 11th, but I think we've already forgotten. I hope today that everyone takes just a second to appreciate what we've got going here. We've got unequaled freedoms, and most of us haven't done anything to deserve them.




God bless America!

(P.S. It's also my uncle's birthday, Happy Birthday Uncle Kelly!)