LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER THE HORRIFIC ATTACK AND ACT OF WAR ON THE UNITED STATES THAT OCCURRED ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH 2001. 

IN FRONT OF YOU THERE ARE THREE CANDLES, RED, WHITE, AND BLUE THE COLORS OF OUR FLAG AND OF THE UNITED STATES. 

RED: THE COLOR OF COURAGE, THE COURAGE OF THOSE WHO HAVE SPILLED THEIR BLOOD FOR THIS COUNTRY, THE COURAGE OF THOSE WHO CAME TO THE AID OF THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS, THE COURAGE OF THOSE WHO WILL BE CALLED UPON TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY.

WHITE: THE COLOR OF LOYALTY, LOYALTY TO OUR GOD, TO OUR CHURCH AND TO OUR COUNTRY. LOYALTY TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, LOYALTY TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WILL BE CALLED UPON TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY.

 BLUE: THE COLOR OF FREEDOM, THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION, THE FREEDOM THAT WE AS AMERICANS HAVE ENJOYED OVER ALL THE YEARS. THE FREEDOM THAT IS A GOD GIVEN RIGHT.

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN OF THEIR LIVES AND TO REFLECT ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN.

COURTESY OF
D.D. LARRY ALTENBURG, PGK, PFN
N.Y. DISTRICT 21                                                     Click here if you want to go back to the main page