September 11th is a day of memoriam across the United States as Americans mourn the losses of the 2001 terrorist attack. This year — on the 22nd anniversary of the event — Cannon Falls High School honored all the lives lost in the attack by placing 2,977 flags on its front lawn, one flag for every person who perished in the attack.
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High School Social Studies teacher Heather Loeschke spearheaded the project. Loeschke — with help from her 9th-grade civics classes and 12th-grade AP government class — set out the flags last Thursday. Along with a banner identifying the memorial, the flags waved from the lawn all weekend, commemorating each victim.
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This is the first year Cannon Falls schools have created a memorial like this one, but Loeschke is optimistic that the school will repeat the initiative for years to come, never forgetting the sacrifices made in the 9/11 attack.
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