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'United We Stand' at Interfaith Memorial in St. Louis

Interfaith Memorial in Music remembered Sept. 11 terror attack victims and celebrated America's strength in diversity and faith.

Ten years ago, disbelief gave way to shock, fear, anger and rage as Americans watched on television as the terrorist attacks unfolded on Sept. 11, former Missouri Sen. John Danforth told a crowd at the Sheldon Concert Hall Sunday.

Danforth spoke at the Interfaith Memorial in Music. The event included a recitation from the Quran and a poem by a members of the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis in Ballwin, music by the Christ Church Cathedral Choir, a Hebrew blessing and a Hindu prayer for universal peace. Several groups from the St. Louis Symphony and the St. Louis Chamber Choir also performed.

The interfaith service focused on unity, celebrating freedom of religion and acceptance of all ethnicities as a fundamental American strength. Participants observed a moment of silence to honor those killed during the terrorist attacks.

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“Ten years ago, evil people confronted us with a fundamental choice,” said Danforth, an ordained Episcopal priest and U.N. ambassador. “What drives us as a nation?”

Plenty of fear and rage exist to drive us, he said. But the spirit of patriotism also can drive us, he said.

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“The commitment that with all our differences, we are all Americans. We are all in this together, that we are one nation, under God, indivisible.”

The event was sponsored by the Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls and the Barbara Newmark Institute for Human Relations at the Jewish Community Relations Council.

The Interfaith Memorial in Music was recorded and is being broadcast by KETC, the Nine Network.

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