There were no nominated stitchers for the ceremony in Texas, however many of the Soldiers and Emergency Personnel who were involved in the Ft. Hood shooting as well as School children from Duncan Elementry School on Ft. Hood, did attend to place their stitch on the Texas patch. Also in attendance was General William Grimsley, post commander. Below are several pictures from the event.

There were no nominated stitchers for the ceremony in South Carolina, however many of the everyday citizens as well as Firefighters from the convention and their familes did attend to place their stitch on the South Carolina patch. Below are several pictures from the event.

There were no nominated stitchers for the ceremony in Wyoming, however many of the everyday citizens did attend to place their stitch on the Wyoming patch. Below are several pictures from the event.

There were no nominated stitchers for the ceremony in Idaho, however many of the everyday citizens did attend to place their stitch on the Idaho patch. Also in attendance was Idaho Governor Butch Otter. Below are several pictures from the event.

There were no nominated stitchers for the ceremony in Vermont, however many of the Veterans and everyday citizens did attend to place their stitch on the Vermont patch.  Below are several pictures from the event.

There were two 4 by 6 foot flags used for the St. Louis patch.  Both flags were donated by the Soldiers Memorial and both flew over the Memorial during the previous year. The flag used for the St. Louis patch was made from a flag that was donated by the City of St. Louis Soldiers Memorial Military Museum and flew over that facility.  The patch is 14 inches high and 35 inches wide and is located on the first red stripe on the right hand side of the flag. 

114 people help stitch the St. Louis patch on the flag during a 3 hour ceremony.  Many of the veterans who attending the morning ceremony in front of the Memorial help stitch the patch onto the National 9/11 Flag.  Additionally members of the St. Louis Fire Department including their Chief helped with the honor guard as well as placing their stitch in the flag. 

Members of the Flag Tour Team in St. Louis included Wendy Hauser, Denny and Carolyn Deters and FDNY firefighter Trey Piazza.

Location of the St. Louis, Missouri patch is outlined on the picture below.

There were two red patches made from two retired flags donated by the Northwest Fire District Offices in Tucson.  The patches were made by cutting out most of the red stripes from each of the donated flag    The first patch is 18 inches high by 30 inches long and is positioned right next to the blue field on the eleventh stripe (red) from the bottom.  The second patch is 18 inches high by 18 inches wide and is located at the right edge of the eleventh stripe (red) from the bottom.  Four of the eleven flags originally sewn on the National 9/11 Flag in Greensburg in 2008 had been removed to make room for the patches.

The patches were sewn by 395 people during the ceremony including members of Representative Gabby Gifford’s office as well as first responders and others who were at the site of the shooting six months earlier.  The stitching ceremony had two stitching stations, one on the right edge and one in the center of the flag to accommodate the patch locations.   The remains of the two flags used in making the patch were retuned to the donors.

Members of the Flag Tour Team participating in the ceremony included Jeff Parness, Carolyn Deters, Wendy Hauser and Veronica Christensen and FDNY firefighters Jimmy Sands, Kevin Adkinson and Bill Ingram.

The location of the two Arizona patches are outlined on the picture below.