Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, 2024, 74829-74830 [2024-20982]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 74829-74830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20982]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10807 of September 10, 2024

                
Patriot Day and National Day of Service and 
                Remembrance, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Today, we honor the brave Americans who met the terror 
                of September 11 with extraordinary acts of courage and 
                sacrifice. In our darkest hour--when terrorists 
                believed they could bring our country to its knees--
                those Americans proved that our Nation's unbreakable 
                spirit would prevail.

                In the moments, days, and years after the attacks on 
                September 11, heroes were forged. Firefighters, police 
                officers, and first responders ran into the inferno of 
                jet fuel and debris at Ground Zero, risking their own 
                lives to save the lives of others. Service members and 
                civilians rushed into the fiery breach at the Pentagon 
                again and again to rescue their colleagues. The 
                patriotic passengers of Flight 93 made the ultimate 
                sacrifice to prevent their plane from being used to 
                take more innocent souls. And in big cities, rural 
                towns, suburbs, and Tribal communities, hundreds of 
                thousands of American hands went up--ready to serve our 
                Nation in uniform.

                We owe these patriots of the 9/11 Generation a debt of 
                gratitude that we can never fully repay. They were 
                deployed to Afghanistan to make sure the United States 
                would not be attacked again. They served in Iraq and 
                other war zones to defend our democracy and deny 
                terrorists safe haven. They followed Osama bin Laden to 
                the ends of the Earth and ultimately sent him to the 
                gates of hell. And 2 years ago, we made sure his deputy 
                met the same fate.

                The First Lady and I hold all those whose loved ones 
                gave their last full measure of devotion in this fight 
                close in our hearts. And we will never stop working to 
                fulfill our country's sacred obligation to them and 
                every military and veteran family, caregiver, and 
                survivor: to properly prepare and equip those we send 
                into harm's way and to care for them and their families 
                when they return home--and when they do not.

                Over the last 23 years, what was destroyed, we have 
                repaired. What was threatened, we have fortified. What 
                was attacked--the indomitable American spirit--
                prevailed. That is who we are. That is the soul of our 
                Nation. There is nothing we cannot accomplish when we 
                defend with all our hearts that which makes us unique 
                in the world: our democracy. That is what the heroes 
                and patriots of 9/11 did. And that is what we must all 
                continue to do today.

                To observe this day with service, find opportunities to 
                volunteer in your community at americorps.gov/911-day.

                By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001 
                (Public Law 107-89), the Congress has designated 
                September 11 of each year as ``Patriot Day,'' and by 
                Public Law 111-13, approved April 21, 2009, the 
                Congress has requested the observance of September 11 
                as an annually recognized ``National Day of Service and 
                Remembrance.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, do hereby proclaim 
                September 11, 2024, as Patriot Day and National Day of 
                Service and Remembrance. I call upon all departments,

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                agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States to 
                display the flag of the United States at half-staff on 
                Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance 
                in honor of the individuals who lost their lives on 
                September 11, 2001. I invite the Governors of the 
                United States and its Territories and interested 
                organizations and individuals to join in this 
                observance. I call upon the people of the United States 
                to participate in community service in honor of those 
                our Nation lost, to observe this day with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities, including remembrance 
                services, and to observe a moment of silence beginning 
                at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time to honor the 
                innocent victims who perished as a result of the 
                terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth 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. 2024-20982
Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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