Melani said:

"The main reason to remember terrible battles where thousands of people died is to try to keep from doing it over and over."

Actually, I don't think this strategy has worked terribly well to date, if the current state of the world is anything to go by.

Two groups of peddlers seem to profit by the "commemoration" business--the merchants of hate, and the merchants of nostalgia.

Wouldn't energy be better spent putting war criminals behind bars?

Might actually slow down that war maching and it's offshoot businesses a bit.