Acton Patch Coverage Leading Up to the 9/11 Ceremony

Today is the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Several Acton volunteers came together to plan and construct a new Sept. 11 Memorial that will be unveiled outside the (PSF) today at 3 p.m. Parking for the handicap and elderly is available at the Public Safety Facility and all other parking is available at the . Public transportation will shuttle people from the high school to the PSF. 

The ceremony:

When: Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 3 p.m.

Where: The Acton Public Safety Building (371 Main Street)

What will be taking place:

• The Westford Fire Department will play bagpipes leading a small group of people into the ceremony.

Speakers:

• Town Manager, Steven Ledoux

• Board of Selectmen Chair, Mike Gowing

• Lauren Rosenzweig-Morton, Acton resident who lost her husband on 9/11/01

Musical Performance:

• Nashville Recording Artist, Mychael David, will perform the National Anthem

The memorial is designed to not only to commemorate Acton residents who lost their lives that day, Madeline Amy Sweeney and Philip Rosenzweig, but for all those who lost their lives.

In an easily searchable format, in chronological order, here is Acton Patch's coverage of the 9/11 Memorial:

• Members from the Acton 9/11 Memorial Committee arranged to pick up steel from Ground Zero to be used in their new memorial - due to launch 9/11/11.

• With the new outdoor 9-11 Memorial due to be completed soon, the committee reached out to a local collision auto body repair shop to help assist in the preservation of the original rusty steel.

• Family members of the local victims from the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, reflect on the death of Osama bin Laden.

• Lauren Rosenzweig-Morton (Acton) and Acton 9/11 Memorial Fund Committee members talking about the memorial on Fox25 news.

• Here is a video of the Ground Zero steel being sprayed with a rust-preserving coating.

• The foundation has been laid for the Acton 9-11 Memorial (July 11).

• Fenton Landscape Contractors were outside the 9/11 Memorial site yesterday placing an irrigation system outside the Public Safety Facility.

• Kennedy & Company Landscaping was at the Acton 9/11 memorial site yesterday to undergo their role in the construction of the memorial.

• One of the many people volunteering their time and expertise to the Acton 9/11 Memorial project, Chris McDonough, from Cam Electric in Acton, talks to Patch about his role at the site.

• Here are a few local people and businesses who have volunteered to help construct the Acton 9/11 Memorial.

• In this week's Viewfinder, Acton Patch highlights the trip the Acton 9/11 Memorial Fund Committee members took to retrieve the granite for their memorial's foundation.

• Michael Sweeney lost his wife to the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01. Acton Patch interviewed Sweeney about the intervening 10 years.

• Lauren Rosenzweig-Morton lost her husband 10 years ago to the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01. Acton Patch interviewed Lauren to ask her about her husband, what the 10th anniversary means to her and more.