Fly the flag

[Deb2of9]

My cousin sent this to me, and I thought I would share. I probably will do it myself. It is a small thing that I can do to honor those who were lost or injured that day.

 

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Please join us in this FLY THE FLAG campaign and PLEASE forward this email

immediately to everyone in your address book asking them to also forward

it. We have a little less than one week and counting to get the word out

all across this great land and into every community in the United States of

America . If you forward this email to least 11 people and each of those

people do the same...you get the idea.

 

THE PROGRAM IS THIS:

 

On Monday, September 11th, 2007, an American flag should be displayed

outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States .

 

Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on

this sixth anniversary of our country's worst tragedy. We do this in honor

of those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved

ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at

home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.

 

In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in

American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood

shoulder-to-shoulder against terrorism. Sadly, those flags have all but

disappeared. Our patriotism pulled us through some tough times and it

shouldn't take another attack to galvanize us in solidarity. Our American

flag is the fabric of our country and together we can prevail over

terrorism of all kinds.

 

Action Plan: So, here's what we need you to do...

 

 

(1) Forward this email to everyone you know (at least 11 people). Please

don't be the one to break this chain. Take a moment to think back to how

you felt on 9/11 and let those sentiments guide you.

 

(2) Fly an American flag of any size on 9/11. Honestly, Americans should

fly the flag year-round, but if you don't, then at least make it a priority

on this day.

 

 

[Maineiac]

Our town has put up flags on every lamp pole in town. I fly the American flag, the Marine Corps flag and the POW/MIA flag every day.

[Cat]

OK, but before you pass it on...

 

My calendar says September 11 is *TUESDAY*.

 

Correct it before you tell others.

[Deb2of9]

You are right. I missed that the day of the week was wrong. Thank you for pointing it out.

[Cat]

You're quite welcome...

 

It's the least I could do, after getting the YEAR wrong so ungracefully in one of MY posts...

 

 

[JCK88]

On the first anniversary of 9-11, a local middle school student who is a member of a popular fife and drum corps for young people organized an impromptu gathering of fifers and drummers at Concord Bridge, Massachusetts. That evening, despite cold weather and threatening rain, just about all of the fife and drum corps from New England showed up dressed in their Revolutionary War era garb and accompanied by family members, carried candle lanterns and played historical tunes as they marched down to that large stone monument of the shots heard round the world.

I'll never forget the sound of all those drums! They could hardly hear the songs called and the beat of the music seemed to seep into one's bones like an energy. We laid flowers at the monument and someone got up and announced three minutes silence for those killed in the terrorist attacks. At the end, someone else got up and reminded us that what happened at this place would never be in vain if there were people who valued why this country was formed. And they said "Terrorists can't take this away, and that is why we were at this place, to remember our beginnings."

 

Not a dry eye in the place. We stayed until it got very dark.

 

Each year since, we light our candle lanterns and put them on our steps and our neighbors do the same. My husband plays a few haunting fife tunes just before we blow them out for the night.

 

One of our neighbors is an air traffic controller supervisor and he was on duty on 9-11 when those planes hit the tower. He is a former marine and I had never seen him cry before. Those planes were under his supervision. 9-11 is a big commerative day in our neighborhood. Four houses clustered together all honor it well.