"September 11: Bearing Witness to History" Stories Submitted Online

yes i flew my flag proudly. yes of course theyve changed
i havent relized till than how much all this means till now

I sure did right in in front of my home. But i never had any differnt feelings about the flag than i do now.

Oh, yes...I wore a small flag pin for several months, and as soon as I could get one had a flag on my car antenna until late June, when it began to fray. My immediate feeling about the sudden proliferation of flags was that this was a combination of…

yes, i think it is just a nother remember that our freedom has its tolls

Yes, my flag has flown daily since September 11th, however, my father (a naturalized citizen, originally from Germany) instilled in his children the ideals of this great land. So to fly the flag after 9/11 was automatic, as it was each and every day…

I remember calling out to my husband to "hurry quick, come here! A plane flew into the Trade Center tower." He came into the living room not knowing what I was talking about. We sat and watched smoke, just tons of smoke. And fragments of papers…

I have added an american flag to my vehicle. I have always displayed one at home. I now have multiple flags in my work area where the public can see them.

I lit a candle after the events on September 11th. I lit it for those who had died, for the families and friends who were affected, but most importantly in a desperate hope that what was to follow might not be as bad.

I don't think much of flags. To…

Yes. Our family did hang an American flag, but I really don't feel much different agout the flag. I mean I like seeing the flags out alot more, but I still think of the flag the same.

I Remember

September 11th, 2002 everybody remembers exactly where and when they were when it happened; when the 1st airplane slammed into the first twin tower, when the 2nd plane crashed into the side of the Pentagon, when the 3rd hijacked airliner…

I did not fly an American flag, but I did wear a small flag pin for several months, pinning it above the phone at my desk later. Symbols only have power when people recognize them as such and assign meaning en mass. And before the attacks I hadn't…

The rememberence hurts in my head. It hurts but I hope I won´t lose it for my whole live. I do not want to forget any second of this day, maybe one day I am able to accept the fact that this act of terrorism has really happend but I know even than I…

Yes, we had our flag outside our home. It is our flag and always will be a symbol of our freedom and the spirit of all Americans is reflected in each wave of our flag.

Yes, I always have been a patriot and have strong feelings about our great country. I flew the flag in honor of those who lost their lives on that day, and how proud I am to be a citizen of this country.
Michelle Russell
Winfield, KS

Yes, I had flags all over, the stores ran out of anything that was red white or blue.

Yes, on the tree in my front yard. September 11th hasn't changed the way I feel about the American flag.

Every time I go riding in the car and hear the flapping flag Im reminded of September 11th. Every overpass that is covered with flags, you can only think of the innocent people who lost their lives. I have, with millions of other Americans, flown a…

When I got back to the states, I was amazed. American flags were everywhere! They were on every car and on every home. I immedialy placed a flag sticker on my (Japanese) car and it proudly still there, all be it faded. After the attacks, the flag…

I flew the American flag then and I do now. I used to wish I'd been born a generation earlier so that I could have been "part of something", but that wish has faded to the here and the now and the knowledge that that scrap of cloth flapping outside…

my house has always had an american flag on it. i have always been thankfull that i live in america. i love the flag.