Can September 11 Day of Remembrance Heal Divided Nation

Carol Ruth Weber
6 min readSep 11, 2023

As the U.S. is mindful of a September 11 Day of Remembrance there are now many citizens working tirelessly to divide this same nation under the guise that they are saving it from “wokeness.” All were very suddenly woken on that day we will never forget in 2001 on 9/11. As the destruction bombed the country it shocked a nation into waking up to work in unison to recover and fight the enemy.

Can September 11 Day of Remembrance Heal Divided Nation
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Twenty-two years later, as the United States has become more divided than ever in its lifetime, it is most important that all must never forget 9/11. The horrors of that day brought a country together. It did not matter who one voted for, gender, religion, or race. All worked collectively to overcome the terrorist attacks and rebuild as a truly united nation.

On this year’s September 11 Day of Remembrance, one should shudder to think how this now divided country would react today under the same circumstances. As now the United States is not fighting outside terrorists, but instead homegrown ones.

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Carol Ruth Weber

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