9/11 – A Day of Remembrance & Patriotism
September 11, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
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Remembering 9/11 occurred across the country today.
At the school where I was substitute teaching, the students and faculty gathered at the flag pole in front of the building. Police and firemen from the community, along with other citizens joined them for a short talk, pledge of allegiance, and to sing “This Land is Your Land.”
On 9/11/01, I also was substitute teaching, in first grade that day, when the principal stopped by my room and handed me a note, mentioning what was happening and that the television in the teacher’s room was on. Until we knew more, we weren’t to alarm …read more




