Nevada Veterans Coalition Honor Guard members Tommy Summers, right, and Sam Fisher prepare to hoist the flag.
Robert Perea, The Fernley Reporter
The Nevada Veteran’s Coalition will be holding its yearly 9/11 Memorial Service at the Out of Town Park next Tuesday Sept. 11. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. and lasts one hour.
By a joint resolution Dec. 18, 2001 (Public Law 107-89), the Congress has designated September 11 of each year as “Patriot Day,” and by Public Law 111-13, approved April 21, 2009 the Congress has requested the observance of Sept. 11 as an annually recognized “National Day of Service and Remembrance.” The President signed the resolution on Sept. 9, 2016.
The September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance or 9/11 Day is a federally-recognized day of unity and charitable service, annually observed on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
It has grown to become the largest annual day of charitable service in the United States.
The Nevada Veterans Coalition has been conducting this memorial service for 17 years.
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