They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: On Memorial Day

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:  

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. 

At the going down of the sun and in the morning 

We will remember them. 

 

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,  
 

Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain; 
 

As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,  
 

To the end, to the end, they remain." 

 

- "For the Fallen" Lawrence Binyon 

 

Has society become too cynical and self-interested to appreciate Memorial Day anymore? 

 

What do you think?