Patriot Day - History

History

A bill to make September 11 a mourning day was introduced in the U.S. House on October 25, 2001, by Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) with 22 co-sponsors, among them eleven Democrats and eleven Republicans. It passed the House by a vote of 407–0, with 25 members not voting, and passed the Senate unanimously on November 30. It was signed by President Bush, without ceremony, on December 18 as Public Law No. 107-89.

Its original co-sponsors in the House were:

  • Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
  • Rick Boucher (D-VA)
  • Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
  • Phil English (R-PA)
  • Randy Forbes (R-VA)
  • Benjamin A. Gilman (R-NY)
  • Felix Grucci, Jr. (R-NY)
  • Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
  • Steve Israel (D-NY)
  • Peter T. King (R-NY)
  • Ray LaHood (R-IL)
  • Nita Lowey (D-NY)
  • Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY)
  • Michael R. McNulty (D-NY)
  • Jim Moran (D-VA)
  • Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
  • John E. Peterson (R-PA)
  • Thomas M. Reynolds (R-NY)
  • Ed Schrock (R-VA)
  • Don Sherwood (R-PA)
  • Ed Towns (D-NY)
  • James T. Walsh (R-NY)

On September 10, 2012, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation renaming the day as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, in reference to both Public Laws 107-89 and 111-13 (the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act).

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