East Windsor To Hold 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony On Saturday

EAST WINDSOR, NJ - Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. East Windsor Township will be holding a program to remember and honor those who lost their lives on this day.

A program and wreath-laying ceremony will be held on Saturday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. The ceremony will take place at the 9/11 Memorial located on the grounds of the East Windsor Township Municipal Building.

Participants will include elected officials, community clergy, police, fire company members, rescue squad members, the school district, scout troops, and other community groups. The public is invited to attend.

Nearly 3,000 Americans, including residents from East Windsor, were killed in the suicide attacks carried out by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaida on Sept. 11, 2001.

All victims will be remembered at memorial services planned across the nation, including East Windsor, to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks.

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Here are other 9/11 memorial events happening around Mercer County:

• New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs: 8 a.m., 101 Eggert's Crossing Road, Lawrence Township.
• Lawrence Township 9/11 Memorial Ceremony: 8:30 a.m., Memorial Park, Pilla Avenue, Lawrence Township.
• Robbinsville Professional Firefighters Association 20th Annual Ceremony: 9:45 a.m., 9/11 Memorial Site, Lake Drive.
• Hamilton Township 9/11 20th Anniversary Ceremony: 10 a.m., Memorial Grove, Veterans Park, Klockner Road Entrance, Hamilton.
• East Windsor Township 9/11 Program & Wreath Laying Ceremony: 10 a.m., East Windsor Municipal Building, Lanning Blvd.
• Ewing Township 9/11 20th Anniversary Ceremony: 10:30 a.m., Ewing Township Municipal Complex, 2 Jake Garzio Drive, Ewing.
• Hopewell Valley 9/11 Memorial Ceremony: 11 a.m., Woolsey Park, presented by the Sept. 11th & Emergency Services Memorial Committee.
• Princeton’s 9/11 Memorial Dedication: 12 p.m., 2 Mount Lucas Road, Princeton, in front of the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad. The 9/11 Committee will dedicate a permanent memorial containing an 8-foot piece of steel recovered from the World Trade Center.
• West Windsor Township 9/11 20th Anniversary Ceremony: 7 p.m., Twin Ponds Memorial at the Ronald R. Rogers Arboretum, the intersection of Clarksville and Princeton-Hightstown Road.