Anniversary

Today marks the 67th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb by the United States on the city of Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. It was only the second time an atomic bomb had been used in warfare, and it followed by three days the dropping of the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. A few days later, Emperor Hirohito of Japan surrendered. World War II ended officially on September 2, 1945, when papers were signed aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay with General Douglas MacArthur presiding.

I mention all of this because I have not heard or read one word about Hiroshima or Nagasaki or atomic bombs this year. Not a peep.

The “with it” people are all watching the London Olympics or following the circus that is Obama vs. Romney or gone off to the lake for a final summer getaway before school starts once again.

History has a way of fading into, well, history.

You can read all about the surrender, if you want to, here.