Patriot Day Word Search
Patriot Day is kept in the United States on September 11, set by Congress in 2001 to remember the nearly three thousand people killed in the attacks of that morning. Flags fly at half staff, and a moment of silence is observed at 8:46, the time the first plane struck. Since 2009 the date has also been a National Day of Service and Remembrance, and many people mark it by giving time to their community.
Patriot Day word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- courage
- flag
- heroes
- honor
- memorial
- remember
- september
- service
- silence
- tribute
Patriot Day word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- candle
- courage
- firefighter
- flag
- half staff
- heroes
- honor
- memorial
- moment
- remember
- responders
- september
- service
- silence
- tribute
Patriot Day word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- candle
- courage
- firefighter
- flag
- half staff
- heroes
- honor
- memorial
- moment
- new york
- pentagon
- reflection
- remember
- responders
- september
- service
- shanksville
- silence
- tribute
- unity
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Words in the Patriot Day word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- remember
- Patriot Day sets time aside to recall those who died.
- flag
- Flown at half staff on homes and public buildings.
- honor
- To show respect for the lost and for those who helped.
- heroes
- Word used for the people who went toward the danger.
- courage
- Shown by rescue crews who climbed as others came down.
- silence
- A moment of it is held at 8:46 in the morning.
- september
- Patriot Day falls on the eleventh of this month.
- service
- The date is also a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
- firefighter
- Hundreds of them died responding in New York in 2001.
- tribute
- The Tribute in Light sends two beams above lower Manhattan.
- memorial
- Names are inscribed around the reflecting pools in Manhattan.
- half staff
- The flag position used to mark national mourning.
- responders
- Police, fire and medical crews who reach an emergency first.
- moment
- A brief pause observed at the times of the attacks.
- candle
- Lit at evening vigils held in towns across the country.
- pentagon
- Defense headquarters in Virginia struck that same morning.
- new york
- City where the World Trade Center towers stood.
- shanksville
- Pennsylvania town where Flight 93 came down in a field.
- unity
- The common purpose many people recall from the weeks after.
- reflection
- Quiet thought, encouraged on the anniversary each year.