The events of 9-11 have changed the way we live in almost every way.  Airport security, political views, economical issues... all of these things are silent reminders of the tragedy that occurred clear back in 2001.
As I was walking on campus today, I saw a type of memorial set up in the grass.

Perhaps I am missing something, but the whole set up seemed empty of emotion.  I felt inclined to joke about the memorial.  It was the oddest thing.  Usually I am very reverent of anything dealing with this day and the people who lost their lives there, leaving countless individuals and families with missing loved ones - holes in their lives.  It wasn't the stone there honoring the service members, but the flags in the grass seemed out of place, almost as if putting them there over-glorified the event and made it into something like the Fourth of July.
They might as well have put forks in the place of those flags; it literally felt like some sort of joke....  Why did it feel so out of place and wrong?  Was it too vivacious for this tragedy?  Am I the one who's out of place?