About Sandy's Healing Field

Last day of this season - Utah Healing Field

Under warm sunshine, with hints of approaching Fall, the 3000 flags of the Utah Healing Field have stood since 9/08. This is their last day of this season, opposite the Sandy (UT) City Hall on 10000 S.

At times the flags were still, individual sentinels. At others, in gentle breezes, they took on a life of their own, producing a waving sea of patriotic color suggesting unity of purpose, and strength from adversity.

Either in stillness or vigorous motion, the 10th Anniversary Utah Healing Field has left feelings of strong emotion and involvement in all who have seen it. They have come in droves: babies, school children and adults of all years, the well and the infirm, Americans and foreign visitors. The flags and their individual tags with names and brief information of victims of 9/11 seemed to enable viewers to communicate verbally their feelings to others.

The flags of the Utah Healing Field may come down at the end of day, but memories of darker days, of sacrifice and courage, are sure to linger.

A season to remember

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The breeze stirs the Utah 9/11 Memorial flag

The Hope Rising 9/11 bronze monument will be our permanent reminder of 9/11 in Sandy UT when the Utah Healing Field with its 3,000 flags finishes its 10th anniversary season tomorrow evening.

The bronze memorial, located in front of Sandy City Hall is easily accessible by visitors. It was unveiled on 9/10/2011.

The memorial is already attracting large numbers of visitors evidenced by the increased traffic on 10000 South.

When you visit Utah, please drop by.

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The Children of Sandy UT

The Utah Healing Field, located at 10000 S Centennial Pkwy Sandy UT presents an opportunity for local children to learn the powerful lessons of Sacrifice, Patriotism and Citizenship.

The children I saw at the Healing Field yesterday would have been born post 9/11. Their interest went beyond mere curiosity, supported by intelligent questions that would leave the most mature struggling to provide meaningful answers.

I was impressed by their serious search for reasons for an attack on their freedom, even before their birth. Surrounded by more than 3,000 flags, each bearing the details of a victim of 9/11, these children of Sandy UT absorbed their lessons well.

I found interaction with these children, so incredibly polite, very moving and thought provoking, and I have placed this event in My Life's Memories.

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A 9/11 Image Becomes Tangible in Sandy UT

Saturday 9/10/11 at 11am is set aside for the unveiling of a bronze rendition of an image from the gloom of 9/11/01 - Hope Rising. The 9 foot high figures in a 30 foot high work are shrouded (and the flag is absent from the pole) ready for the unveiling tomorrow.

The monument is located at the Sandy UT City Hall 10000, Centennial Pkwy, Sandy. It is beside the Utah Healing Field with its 3,000 flags.

Sandy pauses...

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Healing Field, Sandy UT

Every year since 2002, Colonial Flag Foundation has created a Healing Field across from the Sandy City Hall.

The Healing Field with its 3,000 flags marks the anniversary of 9/11/2001. Each of the flags (mostly US with two rows of foreign flags) with its attached name and details reminds us that the atrocity that is 911, was an attack on the world. I was particularly impressed by the youth of the victims. A lot of the cards I read were for 20 -25 year olds.

Visitors to the Healing Field today included groups of school children with their teachers. I was moved by the wonderful behavior of the children and for their respect for the occasion of their visit.

It you are in Sandy before 09/13 be sure to visit

The Healing Field

10000 Centennial Pkwy

September 8-13

(ps - since 2002 some dozen Healing Fields have appeared across the country. Perhaps one is near you.)

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