National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2024, 73249-73250 [2024-20603]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 73249-73250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20603]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 10, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10803 of September 5, 2024

                
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Twenty-three years ago--on September 11, 2001--2,977 
                precious lives were ripped from us in an evil attack on 
                our Nation. During these solemn days, we renew our 
                sacred vow: Never Forget. Never forget the loved ones 
                we lost. Never forget the first responders who ran 
                toward the rubble to save others. Never forget the 
                hundreds of thousands of patriots who signed up to 
                serve in the years after. And never forget that, when 
                an enemy tried to tear us apart, our country came 
                together. We stood united.

                While every year we mark this hallowed day, it is never 
                easier. To all those who are grieving a lost child, 
                parent, spouse, sibling, friend, or coworker--and to 
                all those who still bear the wounds from that September 
                morning--I know how hard this time can be. It can 
                reopen that black hole in your chest, bringing you back 
                to the moment you saw the news or the moment you got 
                the phone call. Today and every day, the First Lady and 
                I are holding you close to our hearts.

                We are also thinking of all the families of Americans 
                who showed extraordinary bravery, selflessness, and 
                sacrifice that day. They are the firefighters, police 
                officers, and first responders who ran into the inferno 
                of jet fuel and debris at Ground Zero and refused to 
                stop searching for months. They are the civilians and 
                service members at the Pentagon who rushed into the 
                fiery breach to rescue their colleagues. They are the 
                passengers of Flight 93, who confronted terror with 
                absolute courage. They are the heroes who signed up to 
                serve and defend our homeland from future attacks. And 
                they include every American--from communities across 
                our country--who stepped up and stood together.

                Today--as we remember all those we lost on that searing 
                September day 23 years ago--let us renew our faith in 
                one another. Let us continue to seek light, even in the 
                darkest of hours. And drawing from their example, let 
                us resolve to continue building a Nation that stands as 
                a beacon of liberty and justice for all. That is the 
                truest memorial to their lives--our actions, every day, 
                to ensure that our democracy endures, that our freedom 
                endures, and that the very soul of our Nation endures.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 6, 
                2024, through September 8, 2024, as National Days of 
                Prayer and Remembrance. I ask that the people of the 
                United States honor the victims of September 11, 2001, 
                and their loved ones with prayer, contemplation, 
                memorial services and visits, bells, candlelight 
                vigils, and other activities. I invite people around 
                the world to join. I call on the citizens of our Nation 
                to give thanks for our many freedoms and blessings, and 
                I invite all people of faith to join me in asking for 
                God's continued guidance, mercy, and protection.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                ninth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2024-20603
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