ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
PRIORITY       
 
P 080200Z DEC 01  ZYB MIN PSN 019633J22
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N05060//
NAVADMIN 321/01
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/DNS//
 
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMEMORATIVE EVENT TO REMEMBER SEPT 11//
 
REF/A/MSG/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC/071100ZDEC01/-/NOTAL//
 
AMPN/ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMEMORATIVE EVENT TO REMEMBER SEPT 11//
 
RMKS/1. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2001, THE THREE-MONTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, PRESIDENT BUSH IS ASKING COMMUNITIES,
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD TO HOLD
REMEMBRANCE EVENTS AND PLAY THEIR NATIONAL ANTHEMS AT THE EXACT
MOMENT THE FIRST AIRPLANE STRUCK THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK
(8:46 AM EST).  THE PRESIDENT WILL HOLD A BRIEF WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY
ON DECEMBER 11 THAT WILL FEATURE FLAGS FROM THE 80 NATIONS AFFECTED
BY THE ATTACK AND THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BY THE MARINE
CORPS BAND.
 
2. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WHITE HOUSE EVENT, THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE WILL HOLD A SIMILAR CEREMONY AT 9:43 AM EST AT THE PENTAGON
TO COMMEMORATE THE MOMENT THE BUILDING WAS STRUCK.
 
3. COMMANDERS AND MILITARY COMMUNITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN IN THIS
COMMEMORATIVE EVENT BY HOLDING A BRIEF CEREMONY (AT EITHER TIME) THAT
INCLUDES THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
 
4. THE PRESIDENTS'S MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT IS ON THE INTERNET AT
HTTP://WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/NEWS/RELEASES/2001/12/20011205-11.HTML
 
5. VADM P. A. TRACEY, DIRECTOR, NAVY STAFF//
 
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