9/11 Heroes Run Set For Sunday At War Memorial Field In Doylestown

DOYLESTOWN BOROUGH, PA — This Sunday, nearly 2,000 people will fill War Memorial Field in Doylestown for the final 9/11 Heroes Run of 2026, bringing the nationwide race series back to where it all began: the hometown of fallen Marine 1st Lt Travis Manion.

Twenty-five years after 9/11, the Doylestown race will close out this year’s series hosted by the Travis Manion Foundation in more than 100 communities across the country. The race was launched in Doylestown following Travis’ death in Iraq in 2007 and has since grown into a national event honoring those lost on September 11 and the service and sacrifice that followed.

Sunday's race also honors two more Doylestown sons: Army 1st Lt. Colby J. Umbrell, killed in Iraq four days after Travis, and Army Ranger Capt. Connor J. Bednarzyk, killed in a 2018 training mission.

Opening ceremonies begin at 1 p.m. followed by the race at 2 including the 5K Heroes Run, the 1LT Colby Umbrell One Mile Fun Run and Walk and the Capt Connor Bednarzyk 5K Ruck.

Motorists should expect street closures during the race.

Since 2008, at its inaugural 9/11 Heroes Run event in Doylestown, runners, walkers, and ruckers have come together to honor the nation’s first responders who selflessly sacrificed on September 11th and service members who have served in the wars since. Since its first race, the Heroes Run has expanded to races in more than 90 communities worldwide, uniting 60,000 people each year.

The Heroes Run is presented by the Doylestown-based Travis Manion Foundation, founded in memory of 1LT Travis Manion, USMC, of Doylestown, who made the ultimate sacrifice for the safety of his patrol in 2007.

The foundation carries on the legacy of selfless service and leadership embodied by Travis and all those who have served, or continue to serve, the nation.

Before his final deployment to Iraq, Travis left the world with a simple, but powerful ethos. “If Not Me, Then Who...” describes the sense of duty felt by service members and their families. Today it is a constant reminder for all to live with character and to put the interests of others before their own.

If You Go

WHAT: A 5K honoring those lost on September 11 and those who served in the wars that followed

WHERE: War Memorial Field, 375 West Court Street, Doylestown

WHEN: Sunday, October 4 at 2 p.m.

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