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U.S. Consulate Community Commemorates September 11, 2001

Jerusalem
September 11, 2006

Consul General observes a moment of silence.

U.S. Consulate General Jerusalem employees and their families gathered in the Consulate General's garden to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Consul General Jacob Walles read a Presidential Proclamation designating September 11 of each year as a national U.S. holiday to be named “Patriot Day.” The Consulate General community also observed a solemn moment of silence at 3:46 p.m. to honor the victims of the attacks to coincide with a national moment of silence in the United States at 8:46 a.m. eastern daylight time, the moment the first plane struck the World Trade Center's north tower. The U.S. Marine Corps Security Detachment provided a color guard in honor of the ceremony.