A Heart, a Cross, and a Flag: America Today

For the year following 9/11, Peggy Noonan—media personality, bestselling author, and national celebrity—was in a singular position to observe her country and give voice to the outrage, fear, grief, and determination of Americans everywhere through her Wall Street Journal articles—now in one powerful collection.

On the morning of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan sat down to write and produced at least one essay every week thro...