Flags around the country flew at half staff on Friday, 9/11/20, to commemorate the 9-11-01 terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon, and a fourth site, probably the White House or the capitol. Terrorists flew hijacked planes into the twin towers and the Pentagon buildling. A fourth planel Flight 93, crashed in a field in Shanksville, PA, after a group of passengers thwarted the attempt. The exact target of Flight 93 is unknown.
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- The flag in front of Fairhaven Town Hall (foreground) and the flag in front of the Millicent Library both fly at half staff on Friday, 9/11/20, out of respect for the 2,977 people who were killed when terrorists used four planes to attack targets in the United States on September 11, 2001. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- The American flag and the US Marine flag on Main Street near the 195 overpass, fly at half half staff on Friday, 9/11/20, out of respect for the 2,977 people who were killed when terrorists used four planes to attack targets in the United States on September 11, 2001. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- The American flag in front of Fairhaven High School flies at half staff on Friday, 9/11/20, out of respect for the 2,977 people who were killed when terrorists used four planes to attack targets in the United States on September 11, 2001. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- The American flag in front of Fairhaven High School flies at half staff on Friday, 9/11/20, out of respect for the 2,977 people who were killed when terrorists used four planes to attack targets in the United States on September 11, 2001. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- The American flag in front of the Fairhaven Fire Department is flanked by the “thin blue line flag” (left) and the “thin red line” flag (right) representing police officers and firefighters respectively, as they all fly at half staff on Friday, 9/11/20, out of respect for the 2,977 people who were killed when terrorists used four planes to attack targets in the United States on September 11, 2001. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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