![]() I encourage all Americans to visit / 911-day to learn about and seek opportunities to serve others on this day and to demonstrate once again that the ideals we hold, which many have tried to attack and destroy, are the very bonds that hold us together - even tighter in times of peril. We remember those killed on September 11, 2001, and honor them through acts of service. Today, on this Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, we move forward as one Nation, united by our common goal of liberty and justice for all. Their courage embodies the American spirit and resilience, and their heroism continues to inspire new generations of Americans. We honor the first responders - firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency workers, and service members - who answered the call of duty, and the brave civilians who rushed into action to save lives that day. On Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, we honor every life that was taken too soon. Those whom we lost last September 11 will forever hold a cherished place in our hearts and in the history of our Nation. God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them. ~Ambrose Redmoon (James Neil Hollingworth) (1933–1996), "No Peaceful Warriors!," 1991 ~Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)Ĭourage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than one's fear. I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine. ~Joe Biden, Remarks by the Vice President at the Pentagon 9/11 10th Anniversary Commemoration, 2011 The true legacy of 9/11 is that our spirit is mightier, the bonds that unite us are thicker, and the resolve is firmer than the million tons of limestone and concrete that make up that great edifice behind me. We will always remember our collective obligation to ensure that justice is done, that freedom prevails, and that the principles upon which our Nation was founded endure. 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. Patriot Day Quotes, 9/11, National Day of Service and Remembrance The Quote Garden ™
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