ICYMI: Rotary Club To Host Patriot's Day Ceremony

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The Johns Creek Fire Department will on Friday unveil structural steel remnants of the World Trade Center during the Rotary Club of Johns Creek - North Fulton’s Patriot Day/Sept. 11 ceremony.

The commemoration event will get underway at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the Newtown Park Amphitheater.

The Johns Creek Fire Department received the pieces of steel in June. Following the event, those remnants will be displayed at Fire Station No. 61, which is located at 10265 Medlock Bridge Parkway.

The community is invited to attend the free commemoration, which will also honor local first responders, including Johns Creek’s police, fire and emergency medical technical personnel.

The event will feature a keynote address by Alpharetta police officer David Freeman, who was wounded in the line of duty during a traffic stop on GA-400 in 2013. Comments will also be made by Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker as well as patriotic music, a moment of silence and ringing of a memorial bell in honor of the fallen.

The Newtown Park Amphitheater is located at 3150 Old Alabama Road in Johns Creek. For more information, call 678-512-3200.

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