i'm not american, so maybe i just don't get the mentality - why does everyone, who speaks of this day, always tell the same - the same mantra;
it reminds me a bit of a plane crash, not so long ago - everyone went insane; there are people who gather unto this day to commemorate that crash;

i want to believe that we go to a better place when we leave here, although i am not a believer;
the dead don't need our pity;
do the strong need to be told they are strong?
is all of that required one time every year?