"Now, therefore, I George W. Bush, president of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, as a national day of prayer and rememberance for the victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. I ask that the people of the United States and places of worship mark this national day of prayer and remembrance with noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at that hour, and evening candlelight rememberance vigils. I encourage employers to permit their workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the noontime services to pray for our land. I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in these solemn observences."
I also recieved this in an e-mail today: To show those terrorists that we Americans stick together, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 is also being called "Flags Across America." All Americans are asked to display the American flag either on their homes or cars. Let's keep the meaning of UNITED in "United States."
In London today they had a memorial service for those who had died and while the changing of the guards took place I understand they played the "Star Spangled Banner." American embassies around the world have become shrines to those who died in these attacks their buildings surrounded in flowers from those showing their support. Numerous countries have passed on their thoughts and prayers.
The president himself will attend a memorial service tomorrow at a church in Washington D.C. and is schulded to visit New York. Our thoughts turn to those who have lost Mother's, Father's, Son's, Daughter's, Cousins, Uncle's, Aunt's, Grandparent's and friends in this "21st century style," act of war.
Listed among the links for this weeks article are interactive memorial sites. "American Tragedy," has a link where loved ones can go to find survivor reports and a link to help locate family members which is also accepting missing persons reports. This site also has links to places where anyone can offer help. There is also a link to the "National Obituary Archive," which has a new memorial for those who died in the attacks. They have a guest book and family and friends can also post a lasting tribute to those who have died. They also have have a current list of those who died in the attack. I have listed another link for a partial list of those who were killed. Included in the links is a site about funeral rites and ways of mourning for various religions and a link for a Catholic site that has the "prayer for the dead." Also, there is a link to a poem that has to do with death which I felt was quite appropriate. Their is a site called "Death." It has a lot of good information about how to deal with death and how to help children deal with loss and many links to other related sites.
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