Somerset County To Remember 9/11 Victims On Wednesday

SOMERVILLE, NJ — Members of the Somerset County Board of Freeholders will place a wreath at the county’s 9/11 memorial at the corner of Main and Bridge streets in Somerville on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

The ceremony will begin with members of the Somerset County Police Pipes & Drums band performing followed by at 8:46 a.m. – the time when the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center 18 years ago – there will be a brief tolling of the bell at the top of the nearby historic courthouse.

The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard will then present the colors.

The Freeholders will then read the names of the 39 Somerset County residents killed in the attacks. The placement of the wreath will be followed by a moment of silence. A second brief bell-tolling will conclude the ceremony.

"We invite residents to join us as we gather to honor and pay our respects to the Somerset County residents who perished, to the other victims who died in the attacks and to the many lives forever changed on September 11," said Freeholder Director Brian D. Levine.

Flags at county facilities will be flown at half-staff in accordance with the congressional mandate passed in December 2001.

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