From: ThirdWaveDave
Today, as your president puts his stamp of approval on the Mosque at Ground Zero–our modern-day version of Pearl Harbor–the rest of America is paying tribute to those who were willing to stand up against evil, to call it out, to destroy it.
VJ DAY, August 14, 1945–home movies from Honolulu.
VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 from Richard Sullivan on Vimeo.
Another interesting August 14th anniversary is the signing of Social Security into law by FDR, some ten years earlier.
http://www.takepart.com/news/2010/08/13/august-14-1935-fdr-signs-social-security-act
The date from sixty-five years ago: memorable, honorable.
The date from seventy-five years ago: a day that should live in infamy. And FDR gets no apology for turning his own words.
~~ Arfin