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BICS honors September 11 victims with a Patriot Day ceremony, September 15, 2004

Also BICS Recognition of Patriot Day 2004

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TypeEvent
Date2004-09-15
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2004-09-15
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Celebration
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Summary

Beaver Island Community School held a Patriot Day ceremony on September 15, 2004, honoring those killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Students and community responders raised the flag, displayed a long scroll with the victims’ names, recited the Pledge, and sang God Bless America.

Evidence limits

This is a local newspaper account and does not independently verify the complete participant list or the scroll’s preparation.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "BICS Recognition of Patriot Day."
    Reports students, staff, visitors, Fire and EMS members, and the deputy sheriff gathering at the flagpole, raising the flag, displaying a 400-foot scroll of 2,996 victims' names, reciting the Pledge, and singing God Bless America. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the Patriot Day ceremony and photographs.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “BICS honors September 11 victims with a Patriot Day ceremony, September 15, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-patriot-day-bics-september-15-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "BICS Recognition of Patriot Day." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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