September 11th
Should September the Eleventh Be A National Holiday?
On September 11th 2001, the United States was attacked by terrorists who decided to try to crash 4 planes full of passengers into targets that they felt could cause the most damage to our country. The succeeded by crashing into Towers one and two of the World Trade center, the Pentagon, and a field in New Jersey. They killed over 3,000 people, mostly civilians, who had no chance to defend themselves. Now, one year later, there is question about whether or not this date should be made into a holiday or remain a day of remembrance. Although having a holiday to remember the lives lost in these tragic events may be justifiable, I think that it would be morbid to get a day off, a holiday, celebrating a momentous loss of life.
Today Labor Day, Memorial Day, and other such holidays are days of shopping sales and fun. People go out and have barbeques and parties on these days. If 9-11 were made into a day-off who can say whether or......
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