Remembering September 11, 2001
This September 11th, the 19th anniversary of the falling of the Twin Towers, has special meaning. We suffered losses, then, from an enemy from abroad, who thought to bring us down along with those two edifices – but we came together as New Yorkers and as Americans. We mourned our departed and vowed to rebuild and never to forget.
This year, our entire world suffered losses and tragedies brought about by an invisible virus. Our economy has suffered along with parents, children and the sick and elderly. Our nation is facing racial turmoil and political unrest, and that unknown enemy is still among us.
History has long been the gatekeeper of the survival of the fittest. It has shown us that there has been disease, famine, plague, war, suffering and death before. The one constant was that ordinary people, in extraordinary circumstances, became heroes. The time in which we are living has created such heroes. As we remember them, in our own community, we reflect on those who have sacrificed their lives for our country in peace and war to keep us safe and free.
This year, as in every year, the memory of that fateful day, September 11th, 2001, will serve to keep us ever vigilant and protective of our freedoms, and remind us that heroes, still living or lost to us, must be honored.
We, in St. James, have kept that promise. This year, although there will be no formal ceremony, Celebrate St. James Past-Present-Future will be supporting the St. James Fire Department Honor Guard at the 9/11 Memorial on Jefferson Avenue, adjacent to the Fire House sub-station. On Friday, September 11th, 2020 between 5 and 7pm there will be a display of local artists’ work in remembrance of 9/11. Please stop by and pay your respects (of course with social distancing and wearing a mask.)
Now, more than ever, we need to support and honor the best of who we are and what we stand for as Americans.
This year, our entire world suffered losses and tragedies brought about by an invisible virus. Our economy has suffered along with parents, children and the sick and elderly. Our nation is facing racial turmoil and political unrest, and that unknown enemy is still among us.
History has long been the gatekeeper of the survival of the fittest. It has shown us that there has been disease, famine, plague, war, suffering and death before. The one constant was that ordinary people, in extraordinary circumstances, became heroes. The time in which we are living has created such heroes. As we remember them, in our own community, we reflect on those who have sacrificed their lives for our country in peace and war to keep us safe and free.
This year, as in every year, the memory of that fateful day, September 11th, 2001, will serve to keep us ever vigilant and protective of our freedoms, and remind us that heroes, still living or lost to us, must be honored.
We, in St. James, have kept that promise. This year, although there will be no formal ceremony, Celebrate St. James Past-Present-Future will be supporting the St. James Fire Department Honor Guard at the 9/11 Memorial on Jefferson Avenue, adjacent to the Fire House sub-station. On Friday, September 11th, 2020 between 5 and 7pm there will be a display of local artists’ work in remembrance of 9/11. Please stop by and pay your respects (of course with social distancing and wearing a mask.)
Now, more than ever, we need to support and honor the best of who we are and what we stand for as Americans.
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