On July 8, 2011, The National 9/11 Flag will make its way to Tucson where FDNY firefighters will assist local service heroes in an historic stitching ceremony to help sew the Arizona restorative patch onto The National 9/11 Flag at Centennial Hall, University of Arizona, 1020 E. University Boulevard in Tucson at 10:00 am followed by stitching open to the public until 1:00 pm.
The fabric to be stitched into the 9/11 Flag will come from a Northwest Fire District flag being retired after flying at the fire stations of the first responders to the January 8 shooting incident. The University of Arizona was chosen by the New York Thank You Foundation and the ONLY spot in the State for the traveling flag from Ground Zero.
The 30-foot flag flew from a half-destroyed building across from ground zero in New York in those dark days after Sept. 11 - its stripes torn and tattered by debris from the fallen World Trade Center. In 2008, it was mended by 58 tornado survivors in Kansas with remnants of flags from their communities. Dubbed the National 9/11 Flag, it's been traveling the country ever since - a journey for the country's most recognizable symbol that has brought most Americans along, uniting more people in a post-9/11 world than it has divided in other times. Once the flag is restored and made whole again by the 10th Year Anniversary of 9/11, the National 9/11 Flag will become a part of the permanent collection of the National September 11 Memorial Museum being built at the World Trade Center.
Arizona Public Media will live-stream of this event for those who cannot physically attend but would like to be witness to this once in a life-time Arizona event. Click here to view the event:
Friday, July 8, beginning at 10 a.m.
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