CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—SEPT. 26, 2001 115 STAT. 2525 preparations for the vigil shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as the -Aj-chitect of the Capitol may prescribe. Agreed to September 12, 2001. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, TERRORIST ATTACKS— Sept. 13, 2001 NATIONAL REMEMBERANCE AND SOLIDARITY [H. Con. Res. 225] Whereas on September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked and destroyed four commercial aircraft, crashing two of them into the World Trade Center in New York City, and crashing another aircraft into the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C.; and Whereas thousands of innocent people were killed and injured as a result of those attacks, including the passengers and crew of the four aircraft, workers and visitors in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, rescue workers, and bystanders: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that— (1) in response to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, United States citizens should join together to defend and honor the Nation and its symbols of strength; and (2) for a period of 30 days after the date on which this resolution is agreed to, each United States citizen and every community in the Nation is encouraged to display the flag of the United States at homes, places of work and business, public buildings, and places of worship to remember those individuals who have been lost and to show the solidarity, resolve, and strength of the Nation. Agreed to September 13, 2001. JOINT SESSION Sept. 19, 2001 [H. Con. Res. 231] Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring). That the two Houses of Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Thursday, September 20, 2001, at 9 p.m., for the purpose of receiving such communication as the President of the United States shall be pleased to make to them. Agreed to September 19, 2001. VIOLENCE AND BIGOTRY—CONDEMNATION Sept. 26, 2001 Whereas all Americans are united in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the terrorists who planned and carried out the attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and in pursuing all those responsible for these attacks and their sponsors until they are brought to justice and punished; [H. Con. Res. 227]
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