The cemetery down on Jones does a tribute in September for all the people that were killed in the attacks. There is a flag for every person that died. They have also gone so far as to put the name of the person and where they were killed. It also tells a little about each person.
We decided it would be a great family home evening. (The rest of the ward thought the same thing, as we ran into most of them.) We spent maybe an hour there, and wished we could have stayed way longer. The flags are sectioned off into Pentagon, the three flights, and the WTC. We read through tons of cards familiarizing ourselves with these people. One flag represented a 2 year old girl who was on one of the flights with her parents. They were going to Hawaii to visit grandparents. We read about a lot of firefighters and port authority workers. Most of them were people just going to work like any other day. It was sombering to read them. It really made me think just how grateful I am for my family. It was incredible to look down the rows, and not be able to see the end of the flags. There were so many. Carters school put all 3000 flags up for their service project.
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That is so cool. They do that here in the grassy area behind Target by our house. It's cool to drive by and see row after row of flags. It makes my heart ache. What a cool service project idea.
We went there the one of the years we lived there and did the same thing. It really is sobering isn't it? I think it is one of the best memorials and it really makes you realize how many people were killed. People always talk about how the number was so low compared to what it could have been and that is true, but when you see rows and rows of names it seems huge.
It was awesome, we went to it also. It just reminds you how precious life really is and sometimes we take it for granted. My kids really liked it to and I didn't realize how many people actually died. I will never forget that day.
That cemetary is special to us anyway because that's where Barry is buried, but seeing all those flags flapping in the wind really makes you take a minute and remember.
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