9/11 Remembrance Ceremony Set In Freehold

FREEHOLD, NJ — Freehold will hold its annual remembrance ceremony marking the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Wednesday, Sept. 11 in front of Borough Hall.

The ceremony honoring victims and first responders from Freehold and Monmouth County who were among the nearly 3,000 killed in the 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the unsuccessful attack on our Capital thwarted by the heroic passengers of United Flight 93 will be held at 8:30 a.m. at 51 West Main Street, Freehold.

The event includes the laying of a wreath and is timed to coincide with the moment of the first attack on the World Trade Center. Solemn bagpipe refrains will be part of the prelude and postlude to the ceremony, as well as an accompaniment to the wreath laying.

The Borough fire bell will toll for each of the eight residents of Freehold Borough and Freehold Township who were killed that day.

Other participants in the wreath-laying remembrance will be members of American Legion Post 54, Borough first responders, clergy, and members of the Borough Human Relations Advisory Committee. Mayor J. Nolan Higgins will address the gathering with reflections on the call to be a patriot.

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