"What is Memorial Day For?"

That is question I happened to hear put to two twenty-somethings over the weekend. Both were American citizens.

Neither had any idea what the answer was. Both literally just shrugged their shoulders. That's the gesture you make when you not only don't know something, but you couldn't care less what the answer is. If you asked me what molecules could be found in zinc, I would shrug my shoulders. I probably wouldn't even stick around for the answer.

But.... Memorial Day? During wartime?

Feel free to insert your own sad joke about people who don't remember -- or never bothered to learn -- what Memorial Day celebrates. I'm too disgusted to continue this post.