Today there are major ceremonies all over the US to commemorate, and the president will be expected to speak about, the attack the on the United States. It's been 17 years since that horrible event and I wonder how long will it remain a significant day in our national civic calendar. I know that there are still ceremonies held to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor, but they don't really receive the same degree of attention in the media anymore. Was the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor treated with same kind of almost compulsory cultural rememberance after the war? If so, when did it stop being common practice for the president to give a nationally covered speech at a major ceremony honoring the fallen?