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

No I did not fly the flag at home however everywhere you looked at school a flag was visible. The flag has completely taken on new meaning since 9/11. We as a nation became immune to it's meaning. Now it is everywhere, as it should be.

Yes I flew an American flag after the event and yes my feelings about the American flag changed. They changed in the way that the flag of the United States is now a strong symbol for freedom.

I still fly the flag.

yes, when i got home i put the flag right up. and since then have flown it as much as i can weather permitting.

I did not fly the American flag following September 11th. I felt that would be inappropriate because I never flew it before and I knew I would eventually have to make the decision when to stop displaying it, and that would be treating September 11th…

I have routinely flown the Flag, but, certainly, after September 11th, seeing it waving proudly from my porch is comforting in a new way.

Yes, and I still do. I will leave it up until it is to tathered to fly

I am a thirteen year old girl living in Houston. However, I was living in Overland Park, Kansas at the time of the attack. A few months after Sept. 11th, my school created a banner for the workers at Ground Zero. The banner said, "Oak Park Warms Your…

No, I did not. I felt conflicted about it, it felt jingoistic to me, yet I wanted to express solidarity. I ended up getting an FDNY bumpersticker.

Yes, My family did fly an American Flag. I feel more patriotic and i think everyone that is even remotely normal feels the same way.

On the morning of September 11, I was teaching my fifth grade music classes at A.L. Lotts Elementary in Knoxville, TN. I started teaching at 8:00 a.m. and did not find out what was going on until a teacher whispered it to me as she dropped off her…

No, I did not fly an American flag. I felt that although I consider myself a patriotic American, if I wasn't flying it before Septemeber 11, there was no reason other than some jingoistic reaction to the attacks to begin flying it then. It truly did…

I didnt fly an American flag but we had representation of american flags on our cars, shirts, jeans, posters, screensavers ECT. My feelings on the American flag have not really changed that much.The Flag was just about everywhere (and still is) from…

That Night, September 11, 2001
I kiss my daughter good-night
Shes tangible, touchable
I want the twisted steel screams
To subside
I can still hear the cell phone I love yous,
they linger in the thick smoky air
Echoing that frantic love,…

I've always flown an American flag but my respect has incresd for it.

I have not flown an american flag since 9/11. I have had a problem with that due to the fact that patriotism should have always been around since our founding fathers came here. Why did it take 5000 deaths to make people realize how great the flag…

I remember
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That I was at home it was about 7:30 am. My mom turned on the TV and there it was a large smoke in the sky. At first I thought that it was just another fire in a building. When I got to school the 1st bell rung…

When I went home I talked to my family. I asked if they saw it on tv. I felt better, but on September 12th I felt real bad again for the people. I feel sad when ever I think about it. After talking it over with my family every day, I started to feel…

We flew our flag on every holiday, but now we have a permanent flag pole in our front yard.

Being British, I did not myself fly an American flag but I must admit to pangs of admiration concerning the American people. Being a history student, I have always had an intense interest in worldwide terrorism. Like all UK residents, I have vivid…