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

I absolutely flew the flag after 9-11. But I had flown it before. The flag has always symbolized what is good about this country; the fact that even in Las Vegas people lined up to donate blood from their bodies, for people they would never know,…

No, because I live in an apartment house and do not have provisions to hang an American flag. My feelings were slightly lifted about patriotism that when I bicycle I applaud motorists who have American flags waving from their vehicles. I proudly…

I have flown the American flag since before September 11, 2001. My father is retired Army and he has always been patriotic. When I got married and moved from my dads house thats one thing that followed me. My dads spirit for America.

no. I have always been patriotic i never hung a flag in the past i choose not to change at all because of 9/11

Yes.

We have an American flag flying in our yard 24/7 now; we used to fly it only on holidays. We purchased flag decals for our two vehicles.

Very much so, even though I had the highest respect for our flag due to my father having served in WW II before…

Still do. But we always flew one for all the patriotic holidays. My husband is retired from the Navy. 20 years.
We know a little about sacrifice and the price of freedom. I'm just glad he is home now.

My father was in the service during the Korean…

Honestly, I think the people everywhere got a little more patriotic. Not only in America but around the world too.

My family did fly an American flag after the events of September 11th and yes my feelings about the American flag have changed. I think it show more importance then before and it is a symbol of how strong we are as a nation.

I was hosting students in the summer of 2000. They would arrive at my home and live with me and my children and attend a school to learn English. The Students I would host came from Europe, Japan and Saudi Arabia. The student that stays in my mind…

I put up the picture of the NYFD firemen with the flag (9/11)on our main bulletin board at work.... Since that day no other notice, or picture has been placed there. The pin that holds the picture has never been touched. The picture sadly is…

My family flew an American flag before 9-11, and my feelings of the American flag haven't changed much.

Yes I did. I have a sticker on the back of my car so where ever people go they will see that I still remember. I used to think the whole routine of singing the national anthem at events such as sports was just tedious, and now I have a greater…

Jessica Baldwin

I flew one and we continue to do so. My car still has a flag decal on it.

no.my feeling about the american flag have sort of changed since the attacks, for i take more pride towards it andi know what it represents.

Yes, we did to show that we love our country. Also to show that we apreciated what everybody was doing in New York.

We flew an american flag before and after the attacks. We have always loved the flag and our country.

NO I DID NOT. I GUESS MY FEELINGS CHANGED AND I HAD MORE RESPECT.

Yes, like I said before my whole out look on America has changed. My family does now have a flag. Before we didn't have one because we didn't have a flag pole. And we still sort of don't. My mom made one. Anyways...I think it's kind of sad that…