Chukat - Forgetting & Reclaiming Our Story

When Moses and Aaron forget their place in Chukat, they also forsake any future they might have in the Promised Land.  How does this apply to our country?  When I look at our country I wonder if we too often forget our story, our purpose and thus squander our national purpose.  Perhaps we need new holiday, the 3rd of July as a day of study to remember and reassert the purpose of our great country.