Trump to attend Sept. 11 ceremony at Pentagon, not NYC

newsTHE NEW YORK TIMES · AUG 30 · scored AUG 28

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Trump to attend Sept. 11 ceremony at Pentagon, not NYC

President Trump will not be traveling to New York City for the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, according to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation. A White House official told the network that Vice President Vance is “still traveling to NYC and all three sites will be represented with administration officials in attendance.”...

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Psalm 90:12 (BSB)

The blindspotwhat the coverage leaves out

Remembrance without eternity in view

A national tragedy anniversary is reduced here to logistics and optics. Scripture calls people to number their days and remember the dead with an eye toward eternity, not only ceremony and protocol.

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Ecclesiastes 3:4 (BSB)

OUR READING

Even a brief scheduling note about a tragedy's anniversary is an occasion to remember that life is fleeting and eternity is real.

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Themes · 9/11 anniversary · presidential travel · national remembrance

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Psalm 90:12 (BSB)

OUR NOTE

Speaks to the wisdom of remembering mortality on days set aside to mourn national loss.

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Ecclesiastes 3:4 (BSB)

OUR NOTE

Names mourning and remembrance as fitting responses to tragedy, which underlies anniversary observances like this one.

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