September 11, 2001 is one of those dates that will be remembered for the forseeable future. Every generation has an event like this. For that matter, I suppose we actually end up with several such events in the course of our lifetimes. We usually grow up hearing about the events that formed our parents' views on the world, and as we get older and tragedies affect our own lives, the list continues to grow. The ones I grew up hearing about were the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Kennedy assassinations. Those were the formative events for my parents. More...
My parents never talked about anything like that. If it didn't have to do with church, they didn't speak of it. 9/11 is the only major event date that I remember and that one is burned into my brain. Can't remember birth dates or anniversaries but I remember the twin towers burning.
