Patriot Day: National Moment of Silence

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 9:45am

Location: Village Entrance Flag Pole at Meadowlark Hills

We all can recall that moment when we heard the news of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. Most can remember where we were, what we were doing and the feeling of grief that overcame the country. You are invited to remember and pay tribute to the many victims killed in the attacks at 9:46 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the flag pole located outside the Village Entrance, during the national moment of silence. Before the observance of Patriot Day, the flag will be dropped to half-staff.   

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, 9:46 a.m. local time), the time the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.