Town Of Oyster Bay: Town To Host September 11th Walls Of Honor Remembrance Ceremony

Press release from the Town of Oyster Bay:

August 20, 2021

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Town Board today announced that a Remembrance Ceremony for the victims of the September 11, 2001 Attacks on America will take place on Thursday, September 9th at 7 p.m. at TOBAY Beach.  A 9/11 Light Tribute will illuminate the skies along the shoreline in memory of those lost that tragic September morning. At the ceremony, the Town will unveil new names inscribed on to the Walls of Honor that recently lost their battle with 9/11 illness caused by exposure at Ground Zero.  The September 9th ceremony includes bagpipe music, religious readings and remarks by family members of the victims.

The Town’s 9/11 Memorial – featuring a steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center – is inscribed with the names of residents lost on September 11, 2001. The Walls of Honor monument expands each year with newly inscribed names of those who lost their battle with 9/11 illness caused by exposure at Ground Zero.

For more information, please contact the Town’s Department of Community & Youth Services at (516) 797-7900.

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