Annual observance of 9/11 set for city’s main fire station
on Tuesday, September 11 at 8:30am

On Tuesday, September 11, the City of St. Augustine will continue the annual tradition of holding its Ceremony of Remembrance, a community gathering to remember those who died in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

The ceremony will be held at the St. Augustine Fire Department’s main station, 101 Malaga Street, on Tuesday, September 11 at 8:30am. The public is invited and encouraged to participate in the community ceremony.

The city’s first Ceremony of Remembrance was held just two days after 9/11 and has continued each year on the anniversary of the attack. As in the past, the brief program will include a presentation of the colors by the St. Augustine Police Department Honor Guard, an invocation and musical presentations as well a brief remarks from city officials.

The city’s first Ceremony of Remembrance was held just two days after 9/11 and has continued each year on the anniversary of the attack. The 15 minute program will include a presentation of the colors by the St. Augustine Police Department Honor Guard, an invocation by Larry Clay, St. Augustine Fire Department Chaplin, musical presentations by Bob Patterson, and remarks from Vice Mayor Leanna Freeman.

The ceremony will conclude with a minute of silence at 8:45am, timed to coincide with the time the first plane hit the first tower of the World Trade Center in 2001. Then after the Fire Department’s historic 1906 fire bell rings 11 times, once for each year since 9/11, the ceremony ends with the playing of Taps.

For more information, call the Public Affairs Department at 904.825.1004.

Source: City of St. Augustine