National 9/11 Flag Ends 50-State Tour in Joplin
Missouri National Guard leaders wanted everyone locally to know about the momentous occasion that happened today in tornado-ridden Joplin. The following information was provided by public affairs officer Ann Keyes.
JOPLIN, MO—Soldiers, first responders and citizens assembled to thread the last stitches into the National 9/11 Flag as part of a Sept. 11 Memorial Service at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, the last stop on a 50-state tour before the banner returns to New York City and the World Trade Center site. While noting the passing of 10 years since the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, the occasion was met with a sense of renewal, the flag itself, tattered in the carnage of the World Trade Center and now near-restored, was testimony to such. "It's an incredible honor to be here," said Joplin chief of police Lane Roberts, who told those in attendance that the meaning of 9/11 is not found in acts of terrorism but in the …
