Remembering September 11, 2001
Graphic by Kelly Jensen-Mullins
We extend our condolences to all who have been affected by the
devastation in the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
World Trade Center Information
Sacrifice / Justice / Resolve -
Candle images in remembrance, by Bob West
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Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed, at
the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the
perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And
the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro' the night,
that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
o'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen, thro' the mists of the deep, where thee foe's haughty host, in dread silence reposes, what is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, as it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam, of the morning's first beam, in full glory reflected., now shines in the stream. "Tis the star-spangled banner; Oh, long may it wave, o'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave."
And where is that band, who so vauntingly swore, that the havoc of war, and the battle's confusion, a home and a country, should leave us no more? Their blood was washed out, their foul footstep's pollution, no refuge could save, the hireling and slave, from the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave, and thee star-spangled banner, in triumph doth wave, o'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
Oh, thus be it ever, when free man shall stand, between their loved homes, and war's desolation, blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land, praise the Pow'r that hath made, and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just; and this be our motto; "in God is our trust!" And the star-spangled banner, in triumph shall wave, o'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
"Courage doesn't
always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet
voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'"
A little courage helps more
than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than
much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all.
C. S. Lewis
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