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

Yes my family flew a flag outside of our house after september 11. I dont feel that my feeling have changed because I have always been patriotic and I used to want to join the naval acadamy or in the army but as I got older I have decided that other…

Yes I did fly a flag after the attacks happened and it is still in my window.

yes, i look at it with more respect and loylty. whe i look at it i think of all the people in the world trade center, peral harbor, people who has lost their lives for our country and stuff like that.

I haven't taken the American Flag down since.
I love the United States and am so proud to be an American!

I didn't really have an American flag at home to fly in my yard but I was in girl scouts. We did the pledge of allegiance every Friday at oure meetings. I held the flag a few times.

yes my family did fly our flag. the flag took on a new meaning in my life at least, after the attacks. i used to think it was just a flag, nothing to show TOO much patriotism in, cause then you would look like a fool. but now it has a greater…

I did fly an American flag and I feel that all homes should have flags flown everyday. Be proud of where you live and what you have

That is the thing about the flag: it has not changed at all. No matter how hard they try, they can never change the flag in any way. It will always be our symbol of heroism, patriotism, and hope.

Yes we put our flag out. It has been infront of my house since9-11-01, and there it will stay. As long as I'm breathing,there will always be a flag.

I made a point about not flying a flag Septemeber 11th, because too many people were flying it for the wrong reasons. I don't need a flag to show my patriotism, my family and I are very proud to be Americans, and enough people can tell without…

September 11th has made me realize that we arent the invulnerable giants I had thought we once were. It also taught me how fragile life is and to love the ones around me, because one day they might not be there.

I put the flag out the second time I called my husband, as I got home from dropping my boys off at school. I told him I was going to get it and hang it in front of the house, where we usually just hung it on holidays. But it has been there ever…

Before the 2nd tower was hit, I got the flag and hung it on the front of our home. Other than changing the flag because of wear and tear, we have not taken it down since then. We shine a light on it all night. I love my country and have reinforced…

Yes, I did and it still is flying today, one year later.

The fellowship. How the first thing people did was forget about themselves to help the people, the strangers around them in any way they could.

No my family didn't fly a flag. My feelings have changed though. Now I Pay much more priide in the flag. Also I feel that our nation has come close to each other as one.

I would've flown a flag if I could have found one. I searched the whole DC area and couldn't find one...so I made a ribbon to wear out of red, blue and silver ribbon that I was able to find at Walmart. When flags were available...I bought one and…

I have 2 flags in my bedroom window. I have one I recieved from a baseball game, and I also have one of the sticky ones you put in your car. I believe the American Flag symbolizes our American pride and it's nice to see them all over the placr. It…

I taped US and NY State flags to my office door. I gave the US flag I purchased at Pearl Harbor to my local firehouse (Eng. 54/Ladder 4). They lost 14 guys, including the Captain and Battalion Chief.

My feelings were unchanged concerning the…

I would like to share a poem that I wrote proceeding the events of 9/11. Following the attacks, I became drawn to reading The New York Times' Portraits of Grief everyday. The following poem was inspired by the portraits of grief and is an emotional…