Remember September 11th

Written by Chuck Floyd on 2008-09-11T21:30:39+00:00

September 11, 2001 is a day of heroes and graphic historic events. Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news that terrorists had murdered three thousand of their countrymen in the Pentagon, the World Trade Center and a Pennsylvania cornfield.

Today, President Bush, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen delivered speeches commemorating the tragedy. The audience waved small American flags during the closing song, "God Bless America."  We must remember this event every day and realize that the Islamic terrorists want to kill us and change our way of life.

When you visit the Pentagon Memorial, you can sit on one of the 184 benches, each dedicated to a victim, look at the spot on the Pentagon where the plane hit, or look at the Air Force Memorial across the street.

The memorial at the Pentagon is powerful, a worthy reminder of the day that brought Americans together in tragedy and demonstrated that our motto lives on: e pluribus unum.  We all must remember that the world is dangerous and we have to fight for our freedom.