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bravery grace spirit and strength the

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feelings the American flag of Vulcan its

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citizens mirror those felt watching a

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national treasure the space shuttle

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launch on missions to explore and

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discover our universe the nation admires

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its flag in times of celebration

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competition war peace and tragedy a few

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days after the collapse of the world

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trade center towers on September 11 2001

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the National 911 flag waved in the

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breeze attached to the scaffolding of a

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building directly south of the attacks

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even torn and tattered it made an impact

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as local heroes stitched a Florida

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restorative patch to the flag at the

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kennedy space center visitor complex on

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februari 18th there's this cathartic

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element well I could finally do

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something and I can hold the needle and

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thread and I could finally put a stitch

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in to try to make this whole you know

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from what was taken away from us oh this

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is awesome this is awesome is the fact

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that is here and that I'm here hood

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we'll both survive is today the flag is

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on a cross-country journey to be

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restored to its original 13 stripe

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design using pieces of fabric from

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American flags destined for retirement

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in all 50 states Kennedy's Visitor

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Complex with the official stop for the

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state of Florida the star-spangled

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banner which brings new meaning to

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national collaboration has already

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touched thousands of lives aboard the

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USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor Hawaii

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during the home opener for the New York

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Giants at Fort Hood Texas at the Gateway

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Arch in st. Louis and at Wisconsin's

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Marian University and at Kennedy's

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visitor complex as it was raised over

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the Rocket Garden where American

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ingenuity flourishes with rockets and

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capsules from NASA's Mercury Gemini and

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Apollo days you know I kind of think of

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America's is this magnificent mosaic

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it's composed of all these various

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events and various places that make us a

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special country and

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our history is replete with all kinds of

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examples of sacrifice 911 certainly is

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very fresh in our memories but also here

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at the Kennedy Space Center once

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complete the National 911 flag will

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become a part of a permanent collection

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of the national 911 memorial museum

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being built to the World Trade Center

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site there America's flag can evoke a

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sense of pride unity and hunger to keep

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achieving greatness just as the nation's