Op-Ed: We hide an ugly truth when we call Sept. 11 'Patriot Day' (via latimesopinion)
I received an email the other day from my employer, a public research university in the Midwest, announcing a wreath-laying ceremony on campus on Sept. 11. The event was described as being held “in recognition of the 20th anniversary of Patriot Day.”
George Bush had declared Sept. 14, 2001, a “National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001”; “Patriot Day” became law in December 2001. In 2009, Congress passed the Edward M. Kennedy Service Act, declaring every Sept. 11 a national day of service and remembrance. In signing it, Barack Obama combined the two days into “Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance,” a day he declared each year of his presidency.
This animating mythology of America the triumphant has been everywhere as the Biden administration has ended the 20-year war in Afghanistan. Current arguments about our leaving are at the center of the story. Whichever perspective wins will shape how we see ourselves now and into the future and so will shape how we act next time.
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