“WE SHALL NEVER FORGET”
9/11 Remembrance Weekend – 10 Year Anniversary
September 11, 2011 will mark 10 years since the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York; at the Pentagon in Northern Virginia; and at the crash site of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people. The City of Auburn and our surrounding community are united in an effort to come together to honor those who lost their lives and those whose lives were forever changed on that fateful day.
It is our intent to provide a means to reflect on and aid in healing for all who visit. Simplicity, Respect, Honor and Dignity are four words which best describe the tone of the events taking place the weekend of September 11th. With those words echoing in the background, the 9/11-remembrance committee has put together the following schedule:
Saturday, September 10
8:30AM
Memorial City Hall, 24 South Street - South Lawn
- Dedication of a permanent memorial in honor of those who perished
8:30AM–9:00PM
Auburn Junior High School (East Middle)
- Re-creation of the St. Joseph School Healing Field “Field of Hopes and Dreams”
- 9/11 Memorial Wall of Honor
- Chapel and Reflection Room
- Remembrance and Tribute Room
- Display of First Responder Apparatus
- First Responder presence throughout the day
7:00PM
Patriotic Lawn Concert
- No seating available, please bring blankets or lawn chairs
Sunday, September 11
8:30AM–4:00PM
Auburn Junior High School
- Re-creation of the St. Joseph School Healing Field “Field of Hopes and Dreams”
- 9/11 Memorial Wall of Honor
- Chapel and Reflection Room
- Remembrance and Tribute Room
- Display of First Responder Apparatus
- First Responder Presence throughout the day
8:46AM
- Community Wide Tolling of the Bells
6:45PM
- Procession - Emergency Services and First Responders march into Holland Stadium
7:00PM
- Remembrance Ceremony and Vigil – Holland Stadium
9:00PM–Midnight
Auburn Junior High School
- Healing Field Flags may be picked up after proper identification is shown
Monday, September 12
9:00AM–12:00PM
Auburn Junior High School
- Healing Field Flags may be picked up after proper identification is shown
For more information or direction to any of the venues, please contact Committee Secretary, Lynda DeOrio at 315.255-4191 or 9.11committee@gmail.com.
