# When Will 9/11 be a Federal Holiday?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-9-11-be-a-federal-holiday/127894 "2002-09-11T01:34:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-9-11-be-a-federal-holiday/127894/21 "2002-09-12T01:44:48Z")

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My point, exactly.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-9-11-be-a-federal-holiday/127894/22 "2002-09-12T02:28:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Walloon \*  
> \*\*More people died at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, but that isn’t a federal holiday either. In one day, 23,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing. \*\*

And on Septempber 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States of America was adopted.

Next week we will celebrate the _real_ birthday of this country. Yet it is not a holiday nor will its 215th birthday even be noticed in passing.

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