9/11 Get Up Stronger

^^^^^^That is the America we all know and love!^^^^^^^

Those memorial fountains are so beautiful.  You can never forget what was there, and what an awesome way to do a fountain, flowing down instead of up.

Part of what those terrorist were trying to accomplish, actually went to opposite way.  They tried to kill our spirit, and instead we got back up stronger than before.  What a great message to our children.  We have had so many other examples of this in history, such as Pearl Harbor, but this one is for our generation.  I honestly believe that because of how our country views the world, with tolerance and grace where it's due, is why something like this did not bring us down.  And the fact that we can morn with other countries in their time of grief as well.

I didn't post this until today because I wanted to watch all the coverage of yesterday and then give my thoughts on the whole thing.  I was so impressed that almost all of the music played were songs like, "God Bless America" and "Amazing Grace".  I'm glad our country hasn't forgotten who blessed us with this great land that we live so freely in.  I was able to watch the coverage up until church at 11.  Once it was over we were back home in time to see the last few songs that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang for their tribute to 9/11.  How beautiful it was.  They sang Amazing Grace with bagpipes to end the program.  It was so perfect.

We were not the only ones to show respect for this day.  The following are photos from around the world of people showing support for our nation.  What great people their are in the world.

High school students pose for a photo by a damaged replica of the Statue of Liberty in Ishinomaki, Japan, Sunday. As the world commemorated the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, Sunday, September 11, 2011.

Peace activists release white doves during a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks in Berlin, Germany, on September 11, 2011

Three small stones are placed over a name on one of the plaques in the '9/11 Memorial' outside Jerusalem on Sept. 11, 2011, during a 10th anniversary memorial ceremony marking the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States, which killed nearly 3,000 people, including five Israelis. It is customary at Jewish cemeteries to place stones on the graves of loved ones. The memorial here contains a large American flag made of bronze that appears to be billowing in the wind, and has plaques containing all of the nearly 3,000 names of the victims, the only site to do so outside the one at the World Trade Center in New York City.

Members of Clerkenwell Fire Station's Green Watch observe a minute of silence in London, England, on Sunday, remembering their fellow firefighters who lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.

I'm SO proud to be an American.  How blessed are we.  I'm glad that we can stand as a symbol of strength, for ourselves, and the rest of the world. 

  I love this commercial....

YES WE ARE!

THANK YOU for keeping this nation free!

 God Bless America