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Flags to half-staff Sunday |
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September 9, 2016 |
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Sunday, September 11th, 2016, marks the 15 year
anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the
World Trade Center in New York City, the
Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 which
crashed in suburban Pennsylvania.
Patriot Day serves as a remembrance of the lives
lost on that September morning.
On Patriot Day, the President directs 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
time (5:46 a.m. Pacific time), the time the
first plane struck the North Tower of the World
Trade Center that morning. |
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