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[Federal Register: September 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 176)]

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Proclamation 8047--Patriot Day, 2006





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                Proclamation 8047 of September 7, 2006



 

                Patriot Day, 2006



                By the President of the United States of America



                A Proclamation



                On the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 

                11, 2001, we recall the fire and horror at the twin 

                towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a 

                Pennsylvania field. America will always remember the 

                thousands of innocent lives taken by the enemies of 

                freedom that morning.



                In the face of these unspeakable attacks, we were 

                reminded that the great strength of America is found in 

                the hearts and souls of our citizens. We witnessed 

                firefighters, police officers, other public safety 

                officials, and ordinary Americans demonstrate 

                extraordinary courage, risking their lives to save 

                innocent victims. We saw our country united in 

                compassion as Americans came together to provide relief 

                and bring hope to others.



                Today, America is fighting a war that is testing our 

                Nation's resolve. We are once again answering history's 

                call with confidence, and we know that freedom will 

                prevail. Our brave men and women in uniform have 

                stepped forward to fight our enemies abroad so that we 

                do not have to face them here at home, and we are 

                grateful for the courageous individuals bringing 

                terrorists to justice around the world.



                We are also confronting the extremists in the great 

                ideological struggle of the 21st century. September the 

                11th made clear that, in the long run, the only way to 

                secure our Nation is to advance liberty and democracy 

                as the great alternatives to repression and radicalism. 

                By working together with our friends and allies, we are 

                helping spread the blessings of freedom and laying the 

                foundations of peace for generations to come.



                The events of September 11, 2001, will always be a 

                defining moment in our history. We hold the victims and 

                their families in our hearts, and we lift them up in 

                our prayers.



                By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001 

                (Public Law 107-89), the Congress has designated 

                September 11 of each year as ``Patriot Day.''



                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 

                United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 

                11, 2006, as Patriot Day. I call upon the Governors of 

                the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 

                as well as appropriate officials of all units of 

                government, to direct that the flag be flown at half 

                staff on Patriot Day. I also call upon the people of 

                the United States to observe Patriot Day with 

                appropriate ceremonies, activities, and remembrance 

                services, to display the flag at half staff from their 

                homes on that day, and to observe a moment of silence 

                beginning at 8:46 a.m. eastern daylight time to honor 

                the innocent Americans and people from around the world 

                who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist 

                attacks of September 11, 2001.



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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 

                seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord two 

                thousand six, and of the Independence of the United 

                States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.

                

                

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[FR Doc. 06-7642

Filed 9-11-06; 9:20 am]



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