Hi! It's Sophia and Mommy here.
Since today marks the 10th Anniversary of the horrible events of 9/11, we wanted to take time from our busy day to do something that acknowledges this tragedy.
So Mom and I went to The Peace Abbey, a place in our town that promotes world peace, encourages religious freedom and animal rights and never uses violence to support their causes. Today at the Peace Abbey there was a Commemorative Ceremony and Vigil to remember the victims of 9/11 and to salute the soldiers still fighting in the war against terror. A recording of all the names of the victims lost on 9/11 was being played on the grounds. It was a pretty long list! We looked at the statue of Ghandi and read his quotes that were in plaques around the statue and then added some coins to the collection at his feet. We watched the ceremony that dedicated a Memorial Stone in honor of the Unknown Civilian Soldiers who have been killed. We also looked at the statue of Emily The Cow who represents that cows are sacred in the Hindu culture and should not be slaughtered for meat. A lot of vegetarians know about this statue and its meaning.
We were thinking that we just couldn't let today go by and not attend a community event that respected such a huge loss in our history.
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