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H-F Park District Announces Sept. 11 Sunrise Ceremony to Mark 10-Year Anniversary
There will be a brief sunrise ceremony at 6:15 a.m. on Sept. 11, organizers said.
It will soon be 10 years since the attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. forever changed the way Americans remember Sept. 11.
To mark the anniversary, the will host a brief sunrise ceremony at in Homewood.
The ceremony will begin at 6:15 a.m. Sept. 11, rain or shine, officials said in a recent statement.
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“Patriot Day is a day of remembrance and solemn reflection on the tragedy that forever reshaped America 10 years ago,” said H-F Park District Board President Steve Johnson. “This ceremony is an opportunity to gather together as family, friends and neighbors and pay our respects to the victims, heroes and volunteers of September 11, 2001.”
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the attacks and by U.S. forces in Pakistan.
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The H-F Park District statement noted President George W. Bush proclaimed Sept. 11 as Patriots Day and the American flag should be flown at half-staff.
The ceremony – anticipated to last about 30 minutes – will include opening remarks before the existing flag at Patriots Park is removed from its post, according to an email from district marketing and PR manager Brett Rush.
A new flag will be raised, then lowered to half-mast in honor and memory of those who perished, Rush said, before the ceremony concludes with the pledge of allegiance and brief closing remarks.
