Its really depressing to see how little coverage and attention these historical events get.
From the above linked Pegster article in 2002:
Don't be pessimistic, he's saying, we can do it, we'll get through this. But only if you get serious and face the facts.
Placing my rose-colored glasses on, I am optimistic of the future because I think mess we're in quite obviously has shown to all the utter failure of liberalism, big government and the false meme that the history of the USA is somehow something not to be proud of. Remember, it took a Carter to produce a Reagan! We sure got the "Carter" part of it, eh?
p.s. It just may be that your posting of the Pointe du Hoc speech on FR and Facebook gets more views than MSNBC coverage of ___________. As Jimmy V would say, Don't give up, don't ever give up!