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May 26, 2025 - Liberty Hangout - Kaitlin Bennett
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Gen Z Has NO CLUE What Memorial Day Is
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Why do we celebrate Memorial Day?
Why do we?
Uh-huh.
It's not Independence Day.
No.
I'm horrible at history thing.
Memorial.
I know Memorial, you know, has something to do with death.
For people that died, like all our homies that passed away.
All of them, any like specific homies?
Part of them.
Where's the Peace West?
Where is Pearl Harbor?
New England.
And Pearl Harbor.
New England.
Pearl Harbor.
Wait, what on earth?
Pearl Harbor.
It's in Florida.
It's in Boston.
It's in Florida.
Who did we fight in World War II?
Come on, Cause you smart today.
Oh, I know we was in the Asian, in the Asian people, the Asian people.
It was the South.
In World War II?
There's a big, big event, super bad that happened during World War II.
Oh, England.
It was England.
The Boston Tea Party.
It was the Civil War.
1962.
1905.
Who was the president during the Civil War?
Rose.
No, not Roosevelt.
Roosevelt.
Roosevelt.
I ain't gonna lie.
I saw the history.
Branches of the Memorial Day.
Legislative Nation.
Wait, legislative.
Agriculture.
No, the executive, executive, and judicial.
Judicial.
Those are the branches of the military.
Yeah.
Happy Memorial Day, everybody.
We are here at Clearwater Beach to see if people can answer these Memorial Day trivia questions.
Let's see how well they do.
Type of tribute we got, yeah.
Well, it's history.
History is true.
History.
It's a very important weekend this weekend.
Why do we celebrate Memorial Weekend?
2028.
That's today.
Why?
Oh, I see.
Sorry.
I'll leave that one to you.
Our Memorial.
I know Memorial has something to do with death.
Do you guys know what this weekend is all about?
Memorial weekend?
Dylan's Kickback.
Dylan's Kickback.
Yeah, Dylan.
Hey, hey, Dylan's kickback.
One thing to say.
Dylan's kickback.
Shout out to my man Dylan, bro.
Dylan, best wishes to you and your kickback.
You have a big reputation to live up to.
You said you're smarter than every single person on the beach.
Yeah.
Yeah?
Yeah, that's it.
Okay, here we go.
Why do we celebrate Memorial Day?
For the people that passed.
Oh, like the legal answer or like the hood answer?
Give me the hood answer.
The hood answer is for people that died.
Like all our homies that passed away.
All of them, any like specific homies?
Part of them.
Where's the peace west?
You know what I'm saying?
Oh!
I'm going to get there.
I was going to say that.
How about you do the hood answer?
You do the legal answer.
Okay, there we go.
We've got two going on here.
So you're both correct.
Yeah, I know the hood answers, obviously.
Why do we celebrate Memorial Day?
For our military for the veterans.
The veterans.
Amen.
The veterans.
The veterans.
That's Veterans Day.
The Army?
Veterans Day.
Vietnam War.
Okay.
Why do we celebrate Memorial Day?
We're going to say the same thing as them.
Veterans.
They're the veterans, man.
They're veterans.
Yeah, they fought for us, man.
We respect them, you know what I'm saying?
I show respect to our veterans because they fought for our country.
That's Veterans Day.
It's Memorial Day.
It's the Vietnam War.
No, it's not.
I'm trying to, hold on, give me a second.
The car's supposed to, like, remember all the people that died.
Like, all the people that died, like, in the war?
Yes.
We got it, man!
Why do we celebrate Memorial Day?
Oh, isn't it Florida?
Soldiers in the Army.
Go on.
They fight for our country.
Uh-huh.
And what about them?
So we celebrate them.
We came back.
That's Veterans Day.
Memorial Day, just a day to honor them.
Yeah.
Because they fight for us.
And they keep us safe.
And they.
Protect us.
They died.
Die.
The ones that die.
Yeah, specifically, we're memorializing the ones who died this weekend.
Why do we celebrate Memorial Day?
Why do we?
Uh-huh.
It's not Independence Day.
No.
I'm horrible at history, so this guy.
Okay.
I'll be honest.
More of a memorial flag.
Celebrating and memorating truths.
Yeah.
And everyone, like anyone that's fought for this country's freedoms and stuff.
Who did we fight in World War II?
Vietnam.
Yeah.
Vietnam.
No.
Final answer?
Okay, that's the final war.
Yes.
Wrong.
You guys don't remember?
It was the South.
In World War II?
Britain.
Mexico.
It wasn't Britain.
We're friends with Britain.
We're alliance with them.
Yeah, they ain't gotta be.
Bro, it has to be.
There's a big, big event.
Super bad that happened during World War II.
England.
It was England.
The Boston Tea Party.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Boston.
2012.
2012?
What?
Alright, we're stupid.
What is it then?
I don't know, but I know what that looks like.
Hey, go.
Next question.
It was Germany.
True.
Germany.
I remember, bro.
I forgot.
Who did we fight in World War II?
Come on, guys.
You smart today.
Oh, I know we were in the Asian, in the Asian people, the Asian people.
Okay.
Mom below those.
I know they were Asian, though.
Like, they were Asian, but I don't know, like, Korean.
North Korean.
North Korea.
Okay, that's the low-head answer.
Do you have a legal answer?
No.
He's supposed to be the.
I knew it was Japan and someone else.
There was this really like historical event that happened during World War II.
It was a big deal.
This thing.
No.
I don't know.
Is France in there somewhere at all?
Oh no, man.
Listen.
I ain't gonna lie.
I saw the history.
But man, listen.
Anything English related though?
Hey, get at me, man.
Hey, that's all.
How many letters are in the alphabet?
26.
Very good.
He wasn't lying.
Who did we fight in World War II?
Soviet Union?
Huh?
Soviet Union?
No.
Russia?
Japan?
And Japan is one of them.
Italy?
A little bit.
Was it Germany?
That's one of them.
You know another one?
China?
No, no, no, no, no, no!
Hey, hey, hey!
It's a.
Wait, wait, what do you mean?
You don't even have to say that?
You're close.
Hey.
Japan!
Pearl Harbor, right?
Yeah, where is Pearl Harbor?
Huh?
Where is it?
Where is it?
It's in Florida, right?
No, no, no.
No, it's not in the U.S. Is it?
No, is it?
No, no, no.
Hey, y'all got the big fight off the coast of, uh, I'm about to start beatboxing on the street.
It looks kind of city.
It looks kind of city.
Isn't it Vietnam?
Hey.
Wasn't it...
off of like...
What do you mean?
I don't know.
In the Bay of California.
Oh, oh, wait.
Let me give a good guess.
Let's think.
Pearl Harbor.
Yeah, it's in Florida.
I'm telling you, it's in Florida.
Florida?
Central Florida.
Central.
Pearl Harbor is in Central Florida.
It's in the very central floor.
Right beside Disneyland.
When I moved here, I swear it's in here.
Where is Pearl Harbor?
New England.
Pearl Harbor.
New England.
Pearl Harbor.
Wait, what on earth?
Pearl Harbor.
It's in Florida.
Boston.
It's in Florida.
Pearl Harbor?
It's in Florida.
Pearl Harbor?
Yeah.
Okay, final answer.
Yeah.
It's in Hawaii.
For real?
Guys ever heard in Hawaii?
Do you know who bombed us in?
Vietnam.
Very close.
Afghanistan.
Not close at all.
Why are they walking?
Who bombed us?
They're getting zeros on this quiz.
We're getting zeros.
We're getting hundreds.
Hi, I have a question.
Who bombed us in Pearl Harbor?
That's what I said.
Japanese.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I watch it all the time.
That's all.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
Thank you.
Where is Pearl Harbor?
Asia.
It's like Hawaii or something, isn't it?
Is that Pacific?
Pacific or Atlantic.
It's somewhere by Hawaii, Hawaii, and like between Hawaii.
It is in Hawaii.
There you go.
There you go.
Yeah.
Who bombed Pearl Harbor?
Hitler Nym.
What?
Hitler Nym.
Hitler bombed Pearl Harbor?
Yeah.
Didn't you say they were beefing with him?
They wanted to be with the big strong man.
No, it wasn't.
No, I don't know who began.
It was.
I want to say it was the Koreans or the Chinese.
The Japanese, I mean.
The Asians.
Japanese.
Japanese.
I know.
You're sticking with the same answers we came, but you is right, though.
I said, I know.
No.
Asians could be Japanese.
No, there's like many rabbits in Asia and all that stuff.
Iraq and all that stuff is considered Asia, so you can't really gotta be more specific.
It is in Honolulu, Hawaii.
A different answer?
The great state of Hawaii.
The great state of Hawaii.
All right, you're both right.
Absolutely.
When was World War II?
You got it, because I know.
1906.
No, 1932 or something.
1945.
1945.
Who was the president during the Civil War?
You know this.
Don't look at him.
It wasn't Trump.
Nah, Lincoln, bro.
Lincoln.
Who was the president during the Civil War?
Rose.
Roosevelt.
No, not Rose.
Roosevelt.
That's the late thing.
Any other answer?
We being real, John F. Kennedy.
John F. Kennedy, huh?
Nah, Roosevelt.
Roosevelt.
It was Roosevelt.
It was Abraham Lincoln.
What?
Shit, Roosevelt was like the next one.
Wait, wait, Abraham when what?
When what happened?
Have you ever heard of Abraham Lincoln?
Yeah, I remember his money.
He's on money.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And his top hat.
Yeah, he was the president during the Civil War.
You know, he freed the slaves.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I remember now.
Okay, talking about the Civil War, when was the Civil War?
1943.
1969.
1884.
1884.
Yeah.
Close.
You're the closest.
What'd you say?
1873.
1864.
Yeah.
There you go.
But Japanese, like I said, shiny Japanese.
I know a few.
People on TV.
Okay, there's only a few more.
When was the Civil War?
Ah, hell.
Civil War.
Not the Boston Tea Party War.
Not that one.
That wasn't that.
1945.
You finna get a lot of likes on your YouTube.
You think the slaves are freed only.
It was sometime in the 1800s.
Oh, 1900.
Oh, the SIP.
I didn't say that.
It was in the 1800s or something.
I know, because my granddad was born in 23 and he wasn't born a slave.
But my great-grandfather was still.
So it was 18, 1885, 1889.
Come on, 60s.
1860?
Yeah, there you go.
When was the Civil War?
Civil War.
Civil.
That's the first war.
That was the first one.
What do you mean, first one?
Out of what?
It was before World War.
One in World War II.
Oh, that joke.
That's old.
That's like 1800s.
Yeah.
1860s.
Yeah.
Good job.
There you go.
There you go.
Who was the president during that war?
Civil War?
Civil War.
It was one of the first wars, right?
George Washington?
Nope.
Yeah.
No, the second president.
Abraham Lincoln.
When was the Civil War?
When was the Civil War?
1962.
1905.
65.
Are you googling these?
No!
65.
Listen, I'm in an AP world.
You got it.
It's AP!
When was the Civil War?
See, I'm not that small.
The one before.
Civil War?
Early 1800s, like 1819.
No, no.
Damn.
No, it wasn't early.
Yeah, it was mid-1800s.
You want to place a decade on there?
Yeah.
18.
Oh, 1815.
1830s.
Who is the commander-in-chief?
Of who?
Of the U.S.?
You know that.
Can I ask you?
Donald Trump.
Yeah.
Wait, of our army?
Man.
Do we know him?
That's a pass.
That's a pass.
You should.
Donald Trump.
Wait, no, no, he's not the president anymore, is he?
No, Biden.
Very bad.
Biden.
Who is the commander-in-chief?
No, not you.
Who's our president?
Joe Biden.
Very good.
Very good.
She didn't say what she didn't say in a country.
She said ours.
Right.
I'm Joe Biden in the whole phone.
Florida.
Oh, my God.
Who's the commander-in-chief of Florida?
I'm talking about doing family feud, and I know who's not going to come on there with me.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
Family feels much easier than her question.
No, it's not.
I cheated my way through history.
You can't ask me these questions.
Oh, my God.
Can't you tell?
You guys are so.
Donald Hills High School.
This is what you can.
One more question just for you, though.
What is Y E S spell?
Do you have pistol pictures like a white or five?
Because I like to see it.
I like to see it actually.
Picture right in your head.
Who is the commander-in-chief?
Of what?
Of World War II.
World War II?
Just the Commander-in-Chief.
Like right now?
Elizabeth Benny?
That would be.
She said it was.
President Joseph Biden.
Yeah.
Apparently, unfortunately.
But there's been many other great ones.
Obama.
Donald J. Trump.
That was the wrong answer.
You said Obama.
That was specifically on my list.
The wrong answer.
Who is the commander-in-chief?
Of what?
The commander-in-chief of what?
How many commander-in-chiefs are there?
Like, what do we have commander-in-chiefs for?
For the army.
What'd you say?
I don't know.
I don't know.
We think there's two.
We just got a new one.
Donald Trump.
That's the president.
Oh, no, Joe Biden.
That's a new one.
That's the president.
What are we going to say?
It's Joe Biden.
What was the question again?
It's Joe Biden?
Yeah, the Commander-in-Chief.
Oh, I got that shit.
The president is not the Commander-in-Chief.
Oh, what is he then?
But who's the Commander-in-Chief?
Right, Commander is in the Army, bruh.
That's what I know.
Talking about the Army, name all of the branches of the military.
The Navy, the Army, the Marines, and the Air Force.
Nah.
And the Special Forces.
Nah.
The Black Ops.
Nope.
Branches of the Military.
Legislative Nation.
Wait, legislative.
Agriculture.
No, the executive.
Executive.
And judicial.
Judicial.
Those are the branches of the military.
Yeah, bro.
Those are the branches of like the branches.
I just said the government branches.
I just said the military branches, bro.
What a hierarchy, bro.
There's got to be more.
There's got to be.
Someone said the army?
Just say six.
Yeah, we said the army.
You should just say six.
Nah, nah, don't say no.
I'm not feeling like five.
CSC is not.
It may be six.
Hey, were you in the army?
This isn't.
That's why he's so ripped, bro.
Yeah, man.
Get a shot of his muscles.
Whoa, look at that.
Stop playing.
All right.
She said five or six.
How many branches of the military are there?
And you have to name all of them.
Navy, Marines, Army, Jab Corps, Air Force.
We stand next to you.
The Marines, the Air Force, the Army.
Oh, you have to do it.
Order?
No.
No.
Maybe.
It's five.
Navy Marines.
Army.
It's four.
No one can get these last two.
Ah, it's probably something easy to like.
No.
I'll give you one of them.
Coast Guard.
Oh, Coast Guard.
Patrol.
Oh.
Are you giving up?
Security guards.
Okay.
Security guards.
Yeah, Jake is the sixth branch of the U.S. military.
And if you would like to pay him, you go to patreon.com slash Caitlin Bennett to support my work and allow me to pay this branch of the U.S. military to give me protection because there are wild people out here that like to touch me when I don't ask for it.
So one of the out of all the things Donald Trump did that were amazing for this country, there was one that he did that remains today.
Trump.
Wait, the wall.
The wall.
Wait, I know.
Space Force.
Oh, yeah.
Space Guard.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
She was dipping when I said that.
The color guard.
Color guard, yeah.
And the National Guard?
No.
No.
The National Guard isn't one?
No.
Uh.
No idea.
The last one is.
They're giving up.
They got four out of six.
The U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, the United States Marines, the United States Coast Guard.
The SEALs.
And I don't know if the SEALs are one.
I don't think so, but I'm forgetting one more.
I'm not fine.
We've got the land covered.
We've got the sea covered.
We've got the air covered, the sky.
Is it the Space Force?
Yes.
The Space Force.
Look at that.
Look at that.
The minority.
Against Asians.
Okay, you leave us up on the minority part.
I want you guys to name all six branches of the military.
Oh, what the fuck?
No, no, no, no.
I'm going to try.
This is going to be really hard.
Okay, Marine Army.
Alright, consult with your Army Marine.
You saw it with your girls.
And 6.
It's Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps.
Space Force.
Air Force.
Hey, we'll get to the six.
It's Paul Patrols and six, right?
Paul Patrols.
All Navy.
Army.
Coast Guard.
Coast Guard.
Air Force.
Air Force.
Marines.
And Paul Patrol.
Space Force.
Space Force.
It's Space Force.
National.
What'd you call it?
You got it?
You got it?
Space Force.
Donald Trump.
That's right.
That's right.
Donald Trump.
I want you guys to name all six branches of the military.
That's Kate.
Army, Navy, Marines, Marine, or Marines.
Air Force.
Air Force.
I don't know if I said that already.
Coast Guard.
National Guard.
National Guard.
Space Force.
I didn't know we were kind of Space Force.
It's a legitimate branch of the military.
Okay, my neighbor works for Elon Musk.
Really?
Wow.
Very cool.
You getting in on that?
Like, you're going to work for Elon Musk?
I can't say what he's doing.
Okay, top secret.
No, no, no.
And like for military, but I can't say what his role was.
Very cool.
Oh, okay.
All right.
Very cool.
All right.
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Yeah, I appreciate it.
Very cool.
Are you guys single?
Yes, I'm very single.
We are single.
Ready to mingle.
I was going to ask your age, but if you're ready to mingle too, that's right.
Whatever age you are.
Actually, wait, I'm 18, so nothing lower.
Like, maybe.
No.
I'm 17, so I know.
Anything lower is illegal.
I'm 17.
If you're under 16, don't follow my Instagram.
All right.
I'm 17.
If you're in college, if you're in college, like I'll.
Hey, college shawty's hit me up.
Hit me up for my age.
Hit me up for my age.
All right, all right here, right here.
Ready?
Three, two, one.
If you punch my face.
Right here, right here.
Okay, let your hands go.
Put your hand down.
Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Oh, tears!
Yeah!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Hey, so let's get crazy, though.
Let's punch her.
She'll get a pickaxe.
Thank you.
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