Yes, you could've done what they are doing today. The difference is, in your day(and my day for that matter) there was no such thing as youtube/internet/cell phones, social media in general.... The info available now is just staggering..
That's why it burns my ### when people talk about how much better it was BITD, as if they marched because there were no ampes or Kevlar heads or grounded pit or what have you..
It's all relative!!!!!