![]() We will not forget the events of that terrible morning nor will we forget how Americans responded in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in the skies over Pennsylvania - with heroism and selflessness with compassion and courage and with prayer and hope. On this first observance of Patriot Day, we remember and honor those who perished in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. ![]() Savage, "Decorating the Soldiers' Graves" Their courage nerves a thousand living men. The brave die never, tho' they sleep in dust ~David Lloyd George, "Through Terror to Triumph!," 1914 As long as the men and women of this generation last, they will carry in their hearts the image of those mighty peaks whose foundations are not shaken, though the country rock and sway in the convulsions of a catastrophe. The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the everlasting things that matter for a nation - the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and, clad in glittering white, the towering pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven. Americans are asked to honor the dead with a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 am, Eastern Standard Time, the time that the first airplane struck the World Trade Center. The holiday also recognizes those who died attempting to rescue people trapped by the attacks. holiday observed in the United States on September 11 to commemorate the lives of those who died in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Virginia and those who perished when the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania. to honor the innocent victims who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Patriot Day Quotes, 9/11, National Day of Service and Remembrance The Quote Garden ™ ![]() In 2009, a presidential proclamation declared that Patriot Day is also a "National Day of Service." The proclamation calls on Americans to "participate in community service in honor of those our Nation lost, to observe this day with other ceremonies and activities, including remembrance services. government entities and interested organizations and individuals display the flag of the United States at half staff on Patriot Day and that the people of the United States observe a moment of silence in honor of the individuals who lost their lives as a result of the Septemterrorist attacks.īelow are links to liturgical resources for the observance of Patriot Day, bishops' statements and other materials for reading and reflection. In October 2001, the United States Congress passed a joint resolution designating that every September 11th be observed as "Patriot Day." The resolution requests that U.S. To mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11 in 2011, we gathered reflections and remembrances from clergy who ministered to victims and their families, and others who were impacted by the tragedy. Now they also remind us of September 11, 2001, the date of the worst terrorist attack on the United States of America and one of the deadliest days ever on American soil. ![]() For years, those numbers simply meant a call for help.
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