Seems like an odd combination but the PDL's won't pass up a suggestion for a display and since the 10th anniversary of 9-11 coincided with our favorite display month we shared the spaces. The table had caution signs and gates around seemingly harmless titles but the bulletin board told another story. It wasn't our first opportunity to drag out a old wooden display case from St John's original campus in Brooklyn but the 1st time we used it this way. Proudly standing in front of the bulletin board it held titles on the subject of 9-11 while behind it hung quotes from history printed in .28 size font. Interesting how quotes from the past were just as fitting as quotes from 2001.
Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: “ Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me.”
-President George W. Bush
“ If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.”
- Sandy Dahl, the wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl.
-Colin Powell
"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love."
- Washington Irving
“ Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.”"Commending the victims to almighty God's mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors."
- Pope John Paul II
“ For those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we’ll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.”
- President George W. Bush
“ There is no question what the roll of honor in America is. The roll of honor consists of the names of men who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.”
- President Woodrow T. Wilson
“ The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of political, economic and religious freedom, the rule of law and respect for human life. We are more determined than ever to live our lives in freedom.”
- Rudolph W. Giuliani
“ Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.”
- President John F. Kennedy
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