I think I would be most uncomfortable being over dressed. In my family we are just who we are and love each other for that. Dressing up for a family dinner is just us.
If I did dress up everyone would razz me and try to figure out where I was going after dinner. It would be different if I was meeting some new people or going out.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.