- Date
- 2004-09-15
- Kind
- Celebration
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationhistorycommunitymilitaryreligionemergency-management
- Within
- Beaver Island
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
- 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
- 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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Cite this article
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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