Presidential Documents

43293 

Federal Register 

Vol. 82, No. 177 

Thursday, September 14, 2017 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 9635 of September 8, 2017 

National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2017 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

During National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, our Nation recalls the 

nearly 3,000 innocent people murdered on September 11, 2001. As we 

reflect on our sorrow and our grief, we come together to pray for those 

who lost loved ones. As a Nation, we pray that the love of God and 

the comfort of knowing that those who perished are forever remembered 

brings them peace and gives them courage. 

We pause to remember that tragic morning, when our homeland endured 

unprecedented attacks. As we watched smoke billow from the World Trade 

Center, we prayed for the safety of our fellow Americans, and we reached 

out to help, however we could. Now, during these days of prayer and 

remembrance, we remind ourselves of the lives—mothers, fathers, sons, and 

daughters—lost at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and aboard 

United Flight 93 when it crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. We also 

honor the brave first responders who rushed into crumbling buildings, risking 

their own lives to rescue others. More than 400 first responders lost their 

lives in those efforts, so that others would not perish. 

Today, a single tree stands near the base of what was once the Twin 

Towers of the World Trade Center, having survived that fateful day 16 

years ago. This tree, the ‘‘Survivor Tree,’’ stands as a living testament to 

our national character of triumph. Like the Survivor Tree, we continue 

to stand tall and strong as one Nation. Try as they might, terrorists will 

never defeat our resilient American spirit. 

We also pause to pray for those who fight today and every day to protect 

our country from terrorism. Those who commit acts of terror only have 

power if we choose to fear. In remembrance of September 11, 2001, Americans reveal their courage, strength, and resolve. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 

8, through Sunday, September 10, 2017, as National Days of Prayer and 

Remembrance. I ask that the people of the United States mark these National 

Days of Prayer and Remembrance with prayer, contemplation, memorial 

services, the visiting of memorials, the ringing of bells, and evening candlelight remembrance vigils. I invite all people around the world to share 

in these Days of Prayer and Remembrance. 


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43294 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 177 / Thursday, September 14, 2017 / Presidential Documents 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day 

of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-second. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19739 

Filed 9–13–17; 11:15 am] 

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