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September 11

  • VA’s national cemeteries to host National Day of Service on 22nd anniversary of 9/11 attacks

    VA’s national cemeteries to host National Day of Service on 22nd anniversary of 9/11 attacks

    VA’s national cemeteries will host a National Day of Service on Monday, September 11 to honor our nation’s servicemembers, police, fire and first responders on the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. This day of service will take place at more than 60 national VA cemeteries and include opportunities for volunteers to clean headstones and participate in other beautification activities.

  • VA remembers 9/11

    VA remembers 9/11

    Veterans and VA employees join Americans in remembering 9/11… the thousands of lives lost and the thousands injured and impacted by the terrorist attack.

  • Veterans, VA employees, remember 9/11

    Veterans, VA employees, remember 9/11

    Twenty years ago, our freedom came under attack in deadly terrorist acts. VA medical centers across America will commemorate the day.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay 9/11 victims

    #VeteranOfTheDay 9/11 victims

    On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay are those who lost their lives during the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Flight 93.

  • Volunteers clean national cemeteries for National Day of Service Sept. 10

    Volunteers clean national cemeteries for National Day of Service Sept. 10

    Volunteers from across the U.S. gathered in 65 VA national cemeteries for a National Day of Service Sept. 10. The cleaning efforts included thousands of volunteers cleaning tens of thousands of graves, including 47 killed Sept. 11, 2001.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Karen Wagner

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Karen Wagner

    Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Karen Wagner, who died in the Pentagon on 9/11 and is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Texas.

  • A message from Secretary Wilkie remembering September 11th

    A message from Secretary Wilkie remembering September 11th

    17 years ago, we witnessed the destruction of the World Trade Center; the attack on the Pentagon; and we mourned lives lost in a Pennsylvania field.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Craig J. Miller

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Craig J. Miller

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Craig J. Miller. Craig lost his life, believed to have been performing emergency response during the September 11 attack.

  • #NeverForget: Five Veterans share impact 9/11 had on them, the military and community

    #NeverForget: Five Veterans share impact 9/11 had on them, the military and community

    We will never forget those we lost. We will never lose our gratitude for those who responded to save others that day. And we will always remember to appreciate those who decided to serve and protect our freedom, inspired by that tragic day.

  • Sixteen years later: Remembering September 11

    Sixteen years later: Remembering September 11

    The nation rallied that day, and in the years since, with a special sense of purpose and duty to protect our fellow Americans from further attacks.

  • The War My Parents Never Wanted

    The War My Parents Never Wanted

    Kate Hoit shares the struggles she and her family went through after she joined the Army Reserves and was deployed to Iraq following 9/11.

  • Skin In The Game

    Skin In The Game

    A Veteran shares his views on 9/11 and his subsequent service in Iraq and the feelings experienced upon hearing about Osama bin Laden's death.

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