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September 6, 1757 – Marquis de Lafayette is born in France. He came to America in 1777 to volunteer in the American Revolution; became a key military leader in defeating the British; and established a life-long friendship with George Washington.
September 6, 1860 – Pioneering social worker and 1931 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams is born in Cedarville, Illinois (near Freeport).
September 7, 1533 – The future Queen Elizabeth I is born in England, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
September 9, 1828 – Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (Anna Karenina, War and Peace) is born in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia.
September 7, 1940 – The German Luftwaffe began its Blitz bombing campaign against London during World War II.
September 8, 1900 – A hurricane with winds of 120 miles per hour struck Galveston, Texas, killing over 8,000 people, making it the worst natural disaster in U. S. History. The hurricane and tidal wave that followed destroyed 2,500 buildings.
September 9, 1776 – The United States officially came into existence as the Continental Congress voted to change the name of the new American nation which was previously known as the United Colonies.
September 11, 2001 – The worst terrorist attack in U. S. history occurred as four jet airliners are hijacked and crashed; two into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, one into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and one into a field in Pennsylvania during a struggle between the hijackers and passengers. The attack leaves nearly 3,000 people killed.
(Editor’s Note: Paul Callighan was in Omaha, Nebraska last week and drove by this park prompting his interest in this photo and news story about the Omaha Rotary Club)
The Rotary Club of Omaha has placed nearly 3,000 flags in Memorial Park. Each represents a life lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Twenty years ago in September, America was under attack by a foreign power. It has been 20 years since we remember 2,977 lost lives. “Each flag represents a life, so when you look at the flag display, it’s a visual reminder of the number of people who died in 911,” said Lynn Castrianno. Castrianno, with the help of the Rotary Club of Omaha and local volunteers, placed 3,000 flags in the ground at Memorial Park. “I do this every year out of love and hoping people will come and take a look,” Castrianno said. Each flag has a name and an age. A reminder of the youth of the victims of the attacks. One of them was the brother of Castrianno, 30. “I wanted to do something to remember him, I also wanted to remember all the victims,” Castrianno said. She says the September 11 attacks are part of our history and it is important that future generations remember what happened that day. “He is more than a person representing a flag, this person has a family and a history,” Castrianno said. “It’s a story, considering the enormity of it, but if you were to look at the names, research them on the legacy dot com website, and find their stories, they’re amazing.”
OCTOBER COMMITTEE
Paul Stromborg (chair)
Jim Stoddard
Paul Callighan
The Rotary Club of Omaha and local volunteers placed 2,977 flags in the ground at Memorial Park. Each one represents a life lost in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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