Damean Knapp, a veteran and sophomore studying information technology at Central Michigan University, and Marry Shinkle, Ingham County GOP chair, place American flags around the Rock during preparations for a 9/11 memorial at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. MSU Young Americans for Freedom and MSU College Republicans placed 2,977 flags, one for each victim killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks.