The badge of George Howard was presented to the nation by President George W. Bush in his first congressional address following the September 11th attacks.
and that governed his every action. it was a successful strategy. but with you re right, i mean, there were lots of things that every president has to deal with every day. but foremost in his mind every day at the beginning of the day with the cia briefing and throughout the day was are we doing what we need to do to keep america safe. it s a terrible responsibility to be a wartime president. it s a fearsome responsibility. and he carried, as you know, in his pocket every day the badge of george howard, a port authority policeman who was killed that day. it was given to him by his mother, arlene howard. and he never, he never forgot the price that america paid that day and vowed it would never happen again. bill: at about 9:37 east coast time, which is about 25 minutes from now, down to the pentagon, that was the moment the airliner
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There is something missing from Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley’s 2020 honours list.
Bradley said he made the decision to not take the pandemic into consideration when assembling the 20 names on this year’s list.
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Thanking and recognizing the contributions individuals and groups made to help the community get through COVID-19 will be held on a day when the pandemic is over “and we can do that properly as a community,” he said.
The Yankees of the 1950s and early-1960s were a juggernaut powered by some of the biggest names in the sport. The dynastic clubs seemingly produced MVPs year-in and year-out, while making the World Series with amazing consistency. Elston Howard joined the team in 1955 as the Yankees’ first Black player and became a key piece of the team for over a decade on the field and longer in the dugout. Prior to joining the franchise, he was a proud member of the Negro American League playing alongside many players recognized as the best to ever play the game, and in the league that is now considered by MLB as a major league.
we move further away from that moment, i guess we ll digest it in our own personal way as we always do and i was just curious about you, how do you approach this day? well, you know i was there when the president was asked by arlen howard, this was on friday, september 14th, 2001, when the president visited the world trade center aftermath and met with the families of the policemen and firemen that were missing and arlene howard handed the president a badge and looked him right in the eyes, i want you to have this. this is my son s badge. his name is george howard. don t ever forget him. president bush with tears in his eyes looked into mrs. howard s eyes and said, america will start to forget. they will move on, but don t worry about me, i will never forget. i feel that same obligation. i promised never to foreget. i don t look forward to this