By JACKIE TAYLOR | September 2, 2026

How we forget

As humans, we are blessed with both long and short memories. 

Long memories exist that bring back memories of loved ones that have passed, bad experiences we may have endured in the past, and so much more.

Short memories happen when something doesn’t happen directly to us – we may hear about it, but it has no immediate, lasting impact on our lives.

As 9-11 Patriot Day comes in a few short days, it occurred to me that young people have no feelings about the terror attack that took the lives of 3,000 people – and hundreds afterward with illness, cancer, etc.

We watch Tunnel-2-Tower commercials on television and hear impactful stories dealing with injured military and first responders, but for many of our younger citizens of this country – the attack is just something they learn about, hopefully, in school, on television or in passing.

I remember exactly where I was and what time it was when the first plane hit the tower at the World Trade Center. I remember how I felt that it was a terrible accident; then the second plane hit the second tower and I knew it was a terror event.

With that, our nation has had our eyes opened to the hatred that other nations have for us – mainly Muslim nations that want to spread their ideology over our Christian land.

I’m fearful that many of our younger people will have no idea why we have a Patriot Day – if they don’t learn about it in school, how will they know about it? And that goes for many topics.

Florida has begun a new curriculum for their students; kids must now take classes on why communism is bad. Kids actually look at the subject rather than listening to mumbo jumbo on Instagram or online chats; get the facts, then make up your minds.

The same needs to go for monumental events such as occurred on 9-11; learn about the ideology of the four pilots that caused the death of thousands of people. 

I recently put a post on Facebook concerning the jihad taking place in our United States from Muslim candidates that are taking over our government from the inside.

One of my friends put a comment on the jihad that the United States has one of the most well-armed militias in the world and it would not be an easy conquer.

Our former woke Department of Education was great at not teaching all of history; cherry-picking parts they like and leaving out other parts. Take a look at statues that were torn down in blue cities – Revolutionary and Civil War generals dismantled because woke idiots didn’t like what happened in the past. As if history would be erased because a statue commemorating an era was destroyed.

Rather than ignoring history; let’s learn from it – from all of it, truthfully. Let’s unpack what happened and try to understand so it doesn’t happen again.

Honestly, I think a bunch of people that have no idea what communism/socialism is should spend a month or two in Venezuela or Cuba. Find out what a great deal it is having a corrupt leader in charge of your life. Castro is a great example of a man that made his fortune on the backs of his citizens.

I recently saw a video of a dad that was teaching his 20-ish son a lesson on communism. Son is sitting in his room, dad comes in and tells son that he quit his job to go help protesters advance communism. He said his son and he would have to move to the street, leave their home, but they would live like communists.

Son had a reality check stating, “no, dad, you can’t do that.” The reality of what it really meant to give up a capitalist lifestyle so he could protest for a communist lifestyle hit the boy in the forehead.

I believe that more college kids need a wake-up call. Go to a foreign country, find out what communism did to the country, and come back to the United States and become a productive part of society.

Learning about the woes of communism might ward off bad behavior and results later in life.

For 9-11, I think a trip to New York to see the hole where the tower was, see the museum with the twisted metal and hear the stories of people that lived through the attack would be very positive for young, pliable minds.

We can’t forget; we’ve got an enemy in our camp that is slowly moving into our homes, our communities, our churches and our government – we need to wake up and stand solid. Remember 9-11 and appreciate this country for what it is – the greatest nation on earth!