Photo By Scott Sturkol | The U.S. flag flies at half-staff Sept. 11, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The...... read more read more
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The U.S. flag flies at half-staff Sept. 11, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis.
The half-staffing of the flag is to remember the victims of the terrorist acts of Sept. 11, 2001.
Every Patriot Day, by direction of the president of the United States, the flag of the United States of America is displayed at half-staff at the White House and all United States government buildings across the world.
Flags are also encouraged to be displayed on individual American homes.
Additionally, a moment of silence is observed to correspond with the attacks, beginning at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane, American Airlines Flight 11, struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Patriot Day is not a federal holiday; schools and businesses remain open in observance of the occasion, although memorial ceremonies for the victims are often held.
Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.”
Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.
The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.
Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”
Also try downloading the Digital Garrison app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base.
| Date Taken: | 09.21.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 09.21.2023 17:55 |
| Story ID: | 454012 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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