I went to the Post Office this moring to drop off some packages just as I do most Monday mornings and yet again the American Flag was at half staff . I’m embarrased to admit I hadn’t even thought of what day it was . I just instinctively thought ” What Now ? ” as half masts happen so frequently in the United States as of late .
I feel a particular shame for not remembering the date this morning as the wife and I personally know a couple whose son died with his fiance on one of those aircraft that hit the Twin Towers on this day twenty two years ago. I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news of that tragedy . It bothers me more that twenty two years later the terrorists we should fear most were born right here . They stormed our Capitol and smashed doors and windows and gassed police officers in an effort to change the most American thing of all …. a free election.
Now they parade our Florida streets with Swastika flags , politcal groups the likes of Moms for Liberty quote Adolph Hitler and are cheered for it .
Twenty two years ago today Congress, Republicans and Democrats alike, all stood on the steps of the US Capitol and solemnly promised America that in the name of God, they would put aside their differences and work together for the better of all Americans .
Looked pretty good on TV at the time …
but on Sept. 12 they’d all forgotten that promise to the American people
