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President Designates September 11 As Patriot Day
George W. Bush on Wednesday issued a formal proclamation designating September 11 as Patriot Day in honor of the men and women who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The declaration designates 9/11 as a day of remembrance, but not an official federal holiday like Memorial Day.
The president asked that citizens observe the occasion each year with ceremonies, vigils and remembrance services, and said that the U.S. flag should be hung at half-staff that day.
Bush also asked people and organizations around the country to observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Time, the time the first hijacked airplane struck the north tower of the World Trade Center.
?We found healing in the national outpouring of compassion for those lost, as tens of millions of Americans participated in moments of silence, candlelight vigils, and religious services," the president said. "From the tragedy of September 11 emerged a stronger nation, renewed by a spirit of national pride and a true love of country."
The U.S. Congress had approved a joint resolution in December authorizing the president to designate September 11 of each year as Patriot Day.
There have also been calls to have September 11 made an official federal holiday like Labor Day, during which government offices and schools are closed
George W. Bush on Wednesday issued a formal proclamation designating September 11 as Patriot Day in honor of the men and women who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The declaration designates 9/11 as a day of remembrance, but not an official federal holiday like Memorial Day.
The president asked that citizens observe the occasion each year with ceremonies, vigils and remembrance services, and said that the U.S. flag should be hung at half-staff that day.
Bush also asked people and organizations around the country to observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Time, the time the first hijacked airplane struck the north tower of the World Trade Center.
?We found healing in the national outpouring of compassion for those lost, as tens of millions of Americans participated in moments of silence, candlelight vigils, and religious services," the president said. "From the tragedy of September 11 emerged a stronger nation, renewed by a spirit of national pride and a true love of country."
The U.S. Congress had approved a joint resolution in December authorizing the president to designate September 11 of each year as Patriot Day.
There have also been calls to have September 11 made an official federal holiday like Labor Day, during which government offices and schools are closed
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