9/11 National Day of Service & Remembrance – Freedom Plaza

Join Serve DC & HandsOn Greater DC Cares and hundreds of volunteers on Tuesday September 11, 2012 in downtown Washington, DC for 9/11 11th anniversary commemorative event: Tribute to Service. The event includes food truck vendors, a community outreach fair, mini service projects, emergency preparedness demos, local artists and musicians, and remarks by community, local and federal leaders. The September 11th National Day of  Service and Remembrance is a positive and forward-looking way for Americans and others to forever honor and remember the September 11, 2001 victims and survivors, as well as those who rose in service, including first responders, … Continue reading 9/11 National Day of Service & Remembrance – Freedom Plaza

DC Schools 9/11 Victims Honored by Day of Service

BY KAREN GRAY HOUSTON/myfoxdc WASHINGTON – Ten years later, DC public schools are still living with the loss of three students and three teachers on September 11th. Two National Geographic Society staffers also died on the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. They were in route to a science field trip to Los Angeles. All were honored and remembered Sunday by some 2200 George Washington University freshmen students as part of a National Day of Service. The students planted gardens and painted murals at several DC public schools, including the three schools where the victims taught and went to classes. … Continue reading DC Schools 9/11 Victims Honored by Day of Service