Subject
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Proclamation Declaring September 11, 2025, as a National Day of Service and Remembrance in Rockville, Maryland
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Department
City Clerk/Director of Council Operations Office
Recommendation
Staff recommends the Mayor and Council read and approve the proclamation.
Discussion
September 11, 2025, will mark the 24th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks that changed the United States forever. Often referred to as 9/11, the attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City, Shanksville, PA, and Washington, D.C., including military personnel, police officers, firefighters, and paramedics. Almost 10,000 others were treated for injuries.
Following 9/11, President George W. Bush called on all Americans to serve their communities, their Nation, and their world and declared September 11 “Patriot Day” to honor both the victims and heroes of the September 11 attacks. During his 2002 State of the Union Address, President Bush announced the creation of the USA Freedom Corps to connect Americans with more opportunities to serve their country, foster a culture of citizenship, responsibility, and service, and strengthen National Service Programs.
In 2009, the United States Congress passed bipartisan legislation authorizing the establishment of September 11 as a federally recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance is an observance under which individuals, nonprofits, companies, schools, and other groups remember by doing, taking time to engage in charitable service in tribute to the 9/11 victims and survivors, and all those that rose in service in response to the attacks.
Mayor and Council History
Mayor and Council urge all residents of the city of Rockville, and beyond, to observe the federal legislation that annually established September 11, as a National Day of Service and Remembrance and for everyone to work to make this September 11, 2025, a meaningful day of service in tribute to all 9/11 victims, their families, our country and allies.