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Manteca, Lathrop mark Patriots Day
A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
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From left, Manteca Police Chief Stephen Schluer, VFW Post 6311 Senior Vice Commander Karl Knutsen, and Manteca Battalion Fire Chief Franco Torrice spent National Day of Service and Remembrance, Sept. 11, at a special ceremony Wednesday at VFW Jimmie Connors Post 6311.
Sept. 11 is National Day of Service and Remembrance along with Patriots Day. It was that fateful day, 23 years ago, nearly 3,000 men and women lost their lives to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City, the U.S. Pentagon building in Washington DC, and on United Flight 93.