[Peace-discuss] "Patriot Day"

[Karen Medina]

[Below is an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry for Patriot Day (September 11), which 
the House of Representatives started as a discretionary day of remembrance but 
G.W. Bush names it every year. - karen medina]

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"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."
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-- Read the entire entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Day