Today is Patriot Day; Moment of Silence at 8:46 a.m. ET

 
 

Today is Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance in the United States, designated in memory of the 2,977 Americans killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The day was initially called the Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and when the new name, Patriot Day, was proposed, it received opposition from Massachusetts, which already had a Patriots’ Day.

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