In the United States, Patriot Day occurs on September 11 each year and is in memory of all of the people who were killed in the September 11 attacks in 2001. A bill to make September 11 a national day of mourning was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 25, 2001 by Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) with 22 co-sponsors. The result was the resolution to proclaim September 11, 2002, as the first Patriot Day.

A muse is a “woman or a force personified as a woman who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.” In Latin, a shrine to the Muses was called a museum. Artists or poets would call on their Muse to inspire them and a poem itself might begin with such a call.