[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9635 of September 8, 2017

National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2017

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

During National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, our Nation recalls the
nearly 3,000 innocent people murdered on September 11, 2001. As we
reflect on our sorrow and our grief, we come together to pray for those
who lost loved ones. As a Nation, we pray that the love of God and the
comfort of knowing that those who perished are forever remembered brings
them peace and gives them courage.
We pause to remember that tragic morning, when our homeland endured
unprecedented attacks. As we watched smoke billow from the World Trade
Center, we prayed for the safety of our fellow Americans, and we reached
out to help, however we could. Now, during these days of prayer and
remembrance, we remind ourselves of the lives--mothers, fathers, sons,
and daughters--lost at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and
aboard United Flight 93 when it crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
We also honor the brave first responders who rushed into crumbling
buildings, risking their own lives to rescue others. More than 400 first
responders lost their lives in those efforts, so that others would not
perish.
Today, a single tree stands near the base of what was once the Twin
Towers of the World Trade Center, having survived that fateful day 16

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years ago. This tree, the ``Survivor Tree,'' stands as a living
testament to our national character of triumph. Like the Survivor Tree,
we continue to stand tall and strong as one Nation. Try as they might,
terrorists will never defeat our resilient American spirit.
We also pause to pray for those who fight today and every day to protect
our country from terrorism. Those who commit acts of terror only have
power if we choose to fear. In remembrance of September 11, 2001,
Americans reveal their courage, strength, and resolve.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 8,
through Sunday, September 10, 2017, as National Days of Prayer and
Remembrance. I ask that the people of the United States mark these
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance with prayer, contemplation,
memorial services, the visiting of memorials, the ringing of bells, and
evening candlelight remembrance vigils. I invite all people around the
world to share in these Days of Prayer and Remembrance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
second.
DONALD J. TRUMP