Throughout history, certain dates and events stand out and over time prove significant enough to eventually need no explanation.
Sept. 11 needs no narrative. I know not a living soul who doesn’t remember where they were or what they were doing when the Twin Towers were attacked. The assassination of JFK holds a similar reverence, as does the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 (“a day that will live in infamy”), ushering the United States into World War II.
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