Just to add fuel to the fire.
Personally, I wouldn't want another "holiday". I see way too many people (on the order of 90%+) of the population not even take the time to remember or care for what a holiday really means. I see people taking Memorial Day off, but how many actually remember the veterans that fought for the country? I see people take Labor Day off, but how many pay respects to those that did, and still do, work tirelessly to build to what this country is? How many actually care about Independence Day - how many can actually speak of the founding fathers and even of the Declaration of Independence? Most just see it as another excuse for a 3- or 4- or weeklong holiday.
Granted, I'm unsure of how many use the holidays - through rememberence or other methods, but once upon a time, there was no such thing as a "Memorial Day Sale" or "Independence Day Sale". The historical implications of these events and holidays has become only an excuse to sell products and services and promote consumerism, instead of allowing people to express the meaning of the day without it. The US flag is imprinted on napkins, paper plates, and other items and are readily disposed on holidays - where is the reverence for the flag? for the holiday? for the country?
So, while *we* may remember these events of Sept. 11th, 2001 as we were able to bear witness to them, tragic as they may be. What of future generations that will not be able to remember these events? I see how holidays that were once a *part* of the American fabric - those that meant someothing to most everyone - have become a figment of some past event at some point in time that few can recollect any longer.
I have mixed feelings about it, but right now I would rather not see a holiday dedicated to those events.
