This was the scene two years ago in Causland Memorial Park on the morning after the infamous attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The flag was at half mast as a groundskeeper moved up the steps of the park amphitheater. As was the case in communities throughout the nation that day, flags flew at half mast up and down the main street as well as in front of countless homes. I especially recall the huge flag flying at half mast in front of the Anacortes Printing building on Commercial Avenue. Many flags fly at half mast again today, as we remember those who died on that horrific day, and those who have died subsequently in the nation’s ongoing war on terrorism.