Interesting day for me, especially as the years go on. I think it was the first time that history so clearly occurred in my midst. I remember it all quite clearly, as everyone said I would, and its interesting to reflect on it for a moment. I'm not surprised that it went by like a breeze this year, not to many people seem interested anymore. Remember when just after it happened there was talk of making it a national holiday? Yeah, I thought even then that was over the top.
So what was most interesting this year was how I was working in the first grade this Sept. 11th and they made ribbons. Suddenly as I'm gluing pieces of construction paper it occurred to me that none of these kids were even born when it happened. I guess that's how generations differ over time. They stop being able to relate to common events which was precisely what happened as I made those ribbons. It's curious to think what may happen next. What I may share with the next generation and what I may not.
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You forgot your shield, Captain America!.
They did make it a Holiday... it's called Patriot Day. I know there is also a Patriot's Day, but this one is different.
This is what your favorite Wiki has to say about it...
", Patriot Day occurs on September 11 of each year, designated in memory of the nearly three thousand who died in the September 11, 2001, attacks. Most Americans refer to the day as "Nine-Eleven (9/11)," "September 11th," "Nine-one-one," or some variation thereof.
U.S. House of Representatives Joint Resolution 71 was approved by a vote of 407-0 on October 25, 2001. It requested that the President designate September 11 of each year as "Patriot Day." President George W. Bush signed the resolution into law on December 18, 2001 (as Public Law 107-89). It is a discretionary day of remembrance.
Initially, the day was called the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims Of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001.
On September 4, 2002, President Bush used his authority created by the resolution and proclaimed September 11, 2002, as Patriot Day. He has continued to make similar declarations every year since.
On this day, the President directs that the American flag be flown at half-staff and displayed from individual American homes, at the White House, and on all U.S. government buildings and establishments, home and abroad. The President also asks Americans to observe a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 A.M. (Eastern Daylight Time) marking the first plane crash on September 11, 2001."
You have got to be freaking kidding me.
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