Re: Savannah/Jamie
"Because it's not just them. It's the memory of who we were as a society, because we're about to bring in students, Muggleborns who don't know who he is and should, because he will always be a symbol of bravery and the best of what society can be," she said.
She threw her arms up in the air. "And Dumbledore didn't save Europe, but he's still celebrated for stopping Grindelwald even though hundreds of people died for it. There is always one hero. Dumbledore was Europe's hero. Harry Potter is ours. We have a day to remember all that died; it's the Second of May. That day is about death and sacrifice. It's the opposite of what your father's birthday is, and I honestly don't care about Malfoy or Nott or Regulus. I care that we put it down so that from now on, all the new people coming in will celebrate the spirit of who he is."
She ran her fingers through her hair; this was like banging her head against the wall. "I want our society to keep something of who we were. Yes, it's incredibly selfish of me, but I'd like some of my world to stay the same while everything is changing and this is the thing I feel is important. I've gone along with a lot of things, because I didn't care enough, but this? This is important because it's part of who we were, but it will also be important a hundred years from now and five hundred years from now, and you would see this if you weren't trying to protect your father the way you do with your brother and sister."