Every year
on September 11, we, the comrades of Unit 1012: The VFFDP, will celebrate
Patriot Day in America to honor and to remember the victims of the September 11 Attacks in 2001. We will post the
information about this observance from Wikipedia.
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Patriot Day
[PHOTO SOURCE: http://sunpatriot.com/2012/09/07/attend-patriot-day-sept-11/]
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Patriot Day
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Observed by
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United
States
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Date
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Next time
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September
11, 2016
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Frequency
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In the United States, Patriot
Day, observed as the National Day of Service and Remembrance, occurs
on September 11 of each year in memory of the 2,977 killed in the 2001 September
11 attacks.
History
In the immediate aftermath of the
attacks, President George
W. Bush, proclaimed Friday September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist
Attacks on September 11, 2001.
A bill to make September 11 a national day of mourning was introduced in
the U.S. House on October 25,
2001, by Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) with 22 co-sponsors, among them
eleven Democrats and eleven Republicans. The bill requested
that the President designate September 11 of each year as Patriot Day. Joint Resolution 71
passed the House by a vote of 407–0, with 25 members not voting. The bill
passed the Senate unanimously on November 30. President Bush signed the
resolution into law on December 18 as Pub.L. 107–89. On September 4,
2002, Bush used the authority of the resolution to proclaim September 11, 2002,
as the first Patriot Day.
Original co-sponsors in the House were:
- Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
- Rick Boucher (D-VA)
- Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
- Phil English (R-PA)
- Randy Forbes (R-VA)
- Benjamin A. Gilman (R-NY)
- Felix Grucci, Jr. (R-NY)
- Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
- Steve Israel (D-NY)
- Peter T. King (R-NY)
- Ray LaHood (R-IL)
- Nita Lowey (D-NY)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY)
- Michael R. McNulty (D-NY)
- Jim Moran (D-VA)
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
- John E. Peterson (R-PA)
- Thomas M. Reynolds (R-NY)
- Ed Schrock (R-VA)
- Don Sherwood (R-PA)
- Ed Towns (D-NY)
- James T. Walsh (R-NY)
In observance of Pub.L. 111–13, the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act,
each year since 2009 President Barack
Obama has (by presidential proclamation) designated September 11 as Patriot
Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.
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In Washington, D.C., three American flags fly at half-staff
on Columbus Circle (outside of Union Station) on Patriot Day
2013. The flags of several US states and territories can be seen also flying at
half-staff in the background.
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Observance
The flag of the United States is flown at half-staff
at the White House and on all U.S. government buildings
and establishments throughout the world; flags are also encouraged to be
displayed on individual American homes. Additionally, a moment
of silence is observed to correspond with the attacks, beginning at 8:46 AM
(Eastern Daylight Time), the time the first plane,
American Airlines Flight 11, struck the
North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Patriot Day is not a federal holiday; schools and
businesses remain open in observance of the occasion, although memorial ceremonies
for the victims are often held. Volunteer and service opportunities are
coordinated by the Corporation for National
and Community Service.
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