Remember Patriot Day
In the United States, Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, occurs on September 11 of each year, designated in memory of the 2,977 killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
U.S. House of Representatives Joint Resolution 71 was approved by a vote of 407–0 on October 25, 2001. It requested that the President designate September 11 of each year as "Patriot Day".
On this day, the President requests that the American flag be flown at half-staff at 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), the time the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
He also exhorts Americans to use the Corporation for National and Community Service to find and volunteer for service opportunities.
