Wednesday, September 11, 2024 marks the 23 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in suburban Pennsylvania. Patriot Day serves as a remembrance of the lives lost on that September morning.
By a joint resolution approved 12/18/2021, Public Law 107-89 has designated September 11 of each year as Patriot Day, which also directs the flags be lowered to half-staff for the entire day on September 11.
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