Presidential Document2022-20006
Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, 2022
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September 14, 2022
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September 9, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 56245-56246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20006]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 177 / Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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Proclamation 10445 of September 9, 2022
Patriot Day and National Day of Service and
Remembrance, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On September 11, 2001, ordinary Americans performed
extraordinary acts of heroism. Firefighters and police
officers rushed into crumbling buildings and raging
fires to save others. EMTs, construction workers,
colleagues, and strangers tended to the wounded.
Passengers and crewmembers gave their lives to thwart
another attack. And a generation of women and men
answered the call of duty by joining our Armed Forces
to defend our freedom and our democracy.
These patriots--people of undaunted courage, uncommon
resolve, and unwavering perseverance--are forever
ingrained in our national character. They are reminders
that we are a great country because we are a good
people. On this Patriot Day and National Day of Service
and Remembrance, we pay tribute to the heroes and
victims who lost their lives on September 11, and we
recommit ourselves to the spirit of unity, patriotism,
and service that carried our Nation through in the days
that followed.
Before they were national heroes, the women and men we
honor were already heroes to so many others. They were
the mothers who tucked their kids into bed at night.
They were the fathers who drove the neighborhood
carpools to school. They were the daughters who made
their parents proud and the sons who lifted up their
friends. To the families around America whose pain is
especially personal on this day: Our entire Nation,
including Jill and I, holds you close in our hearts and
sends you our love. I know from personal experience
that memorials can bring everything back as painfully
as if it happened today--the moment you got the phone
call--no matter how many years go by.
On this day, let us honor the memory of the innocent
victims we lost and carry on the legacy of the selfless
heroes who served our Nation on September 11 and in its
aftermath. Let us also recognize the members of our
intelligence and counterterrorism communities who
worked with dedication and determination to deliver
justice to Ayman al-Zawahiri, the emir of al-Qaeda and
a key planner of this and other cruel attacks against
our people.
I invite all Americans to observe this day with
service; you can find opportunities in your community
by visiting <a href="http://americorps.gov/911-day">americorps.gov/911-day</a>. Unity is what makes
us who we are as Americans--it is our greatest
strength. When we come together on this day, and every
day, we demonstrate that even in the darkness, America
remains a bright beacon of light and hope for the
world.
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, 2022, as Patriot Day and
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National Day of Service and Remembrance. I call upon
all departments, 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
ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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