September 11the should be a day of National Remembrance. The National Day of Remembrance will honor all American victims of terror from Oklahoma City, to the USS Cole, to the embassy attacks in Africa, to September 11th. This will not be a holiday in the traditional sense; there will be no car sales, picnics, or three day weekends. Everybody will go to work. Most of those victims of terror were at work when they died. Their memories are honored by the fact that their fellow citizens refuse to be terrorized and continue on with life as normal as possible.
Workers will give their day’s wages to charity. Whether that charity is local, national, or tied to victims of terror or not is unimportant. What is important is that citizens are giving to their communities honor the innocent victims of these tragedies.
If you do not work on September 11, whether it is a weekend or other day off, you will give one day's labor to charity. Whether you take September 11 and work for eight hours that day or spread your labor over a longer period of time is up to you. What is important is that you pledge to spend one day helping your local or national community above and beyond what you are doing now.
In addition to these acts of giving, Americans will fly their flag on September 11 as a symbol of national unity.
Imagine what one day of giving would do for our country. I plan on starting this year.
Please forward this to your friends and your political representatives.
Sincerely,
Graham Stewart
grahamstewart@usa.net
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