Fire Department Chief Keth Gautreau. (His Family Came up From Masssachusetts for the Occasion).

Flags Commemorating the Lives Lost on Sepember 11th.

“We will not forget,”  Fire Department Chief Keith Gautreau, told a small group who had gathered for the 21st anniversary of the 9/ll attack on the United States. During that attack on the US, almost 3,000 lost their lives. Six Mainers lost their lives that day. The annual wreath-laying event is held at Ft. Allen Park on the Eastern Promenade on the east end of Portland.

Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., President Biden spoke similar words in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon.  “We will never forget, we will never give up,” the President said.  “Our commitment to preventing another attack on the US is without end.”  He also went on to quote the late Queen Elizabeth 11 when she said:  “Grief is the price we pay for love.”  “On this day, the price feels so great.”

In recent days, President Biden has begun to speak more forcefully of the threat that this nation is under from domestic terrorists, often encouraged by former President Trump and his “MAGA Republicans.”

“It’s not enough to stand up for democracy once a year or every now and then.  It’s something we have to do every single day.  So this is a day not only to remember, but also a day for renewal and resolve for each and every American in our devotion to this country, to the principles it embodies to our democracy,” President said at the Pentagon ceremony this morning.

Former President Trump’s MAGA slogan has recently taken on new meaning according to a report in “The New York Tmes” today:  MAKE ATTORNEYS GET ATTORNEYS.