Hi all,
If you control an American Flag, don't forget those who died on that awful day of terror!
Dave Israel
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By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001 (Public Law 107-89), the Congress has designated September 11 of each year as "Patriot Day."
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 11, 2008, as Patriot Day. I call upon the Governors of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct that the flag be flown at half-staff on Patriot Day. I also call upon the people of the United States to observe Patriot Day with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and remembrance services, to display the flag at half-staff from their homes on that day, and to observe a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 a.m. eastern daylight time to honor the innocent Americans and people from around the world who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
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GEORGE W. BUSH
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Patriots Day (spelled with an "s") has long been a holiday in Massachusetts and Maine. It used to be on April 19, but then got changed to a Monday right around the 19th. This was when the country went to celebrating a number of formerly specific-date holidays on Mondays so one could have a long weekend. The Patriots Day Monday is when the Boston Marathon is run.
ReplyDeleteOur dad used to drive us to Hopkinton, the small town 26 miles west of Boston where the Marathon starts. We would watch the runners, all in one big pack, start out. Then we'd hop in the car, and Dad would drive us to a midpoint on the Marathon, usually somewhere in the Newton Hills. The hills took their toll on the runners, who were pretty strung out by then, with an occasional small bunch running together. Finally we made a mad dash in the car to catch the end of the race in downtown Boston. We had to use secondary roads because the direct route was cordoned off for the runners.
I could go tell a lot of stories about the Marathons, some pretty funny, but this sober time of remembrance of our fallen isn't the time for it. I'm glad there is a day set aside to remember those who were killed and whose families suffered heartbreaking loss on September 11, 1991, a day of cowardly attacks on innocent Americans.