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  A Middle School Chorus from northern Georgia performed Hank's 9-11 songs "The Spirit of America" and "Halfway to Heaven" at Fort Benning, GA, Sept. 2009. At this military ceremony, a steel beam from the World Trade Center was dedicated at the National Infantry Museum as a memorial to our fallen heroes in the war against terrorism.
 "The Spirit of America" and "Halfway to Heaven" have been performed at official 9-11 ceremonies in all five boroughs of NYC. This performance took place at the Bronx County Courthouse in Sept. 2009, honoring the
143 Bronx, NY residents who died in the Twin Towers on 9-11-01.  A Middle School in southern California performed "One Heart, One Voice" and "The Tree of Life" at their Patriotic Concert, May 2009. Hank Fellows attended this Concert and, earlier in the day, spoke with the school's music classes about songwriting and creativity.
 "Halfway to Heaven" was part of the 9-11 memorial ceremony at a school in eastern Kansas, Sept. 2008. As part of this annual ceremony, high school seniors present small American flags to the entering kindergarten class, as a symbol of continuing the remembrance of Sept. 11, 2001.
 Hank addressing the fourth grade assembly of a NYC elementary school, May 2008. Hank told the students how he was inspired to write his 9-11 songs in the dark days following 9-11-01. At this "songfest", the students sang Hank's songs "New York City", "One Heart, One Voice", "The Spirit of America", and "God Protect the Children" for Hank, and Hank sang "Halfway to Heaven" and "The Tree of Life" for the students.
 The Select Chorus at a central New Jersey elementary school sang "6,000,000" at their Spring Concert, April 2008. Hank spoke to the audience about how he was inspired to write this song by the stories and paintings of his uncle, noted artist Frank Pack, who was among the first soldiers to liberate the Nazi concentration camps at the end of World War II. Artist Frank Pack devoted much of his later life to depicting the Holocaust in his art and paintings.
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