Stone Harbor Mayor Suzanne Walters and the Stone Harbor Borough Council are inviting the public to attend a special September 11th Remembrance Ceremony on Wednesday, September 11th, from 11:00am until Noon. The ceremony will be held at the Borough’s Point of Peace Memorial Park located at 123rd Street and Second Avenue.
The Borough will pay special tribute to the men and women whose lives were lost during the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. Honor guards from the Stone Harbor Police Department and the Stone Harbor Volunteer Fire Company will be present. The Borough will display its artifact obtained from the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey. The artifact is a section of I-beam from the site of the World Trade Center.
Students from the Stone Harbor Elementary School will be displaying special artwork at the ceremony. An invocation will be delivered by Sister James Dolores of Villa Maria by the Sea, and a benediction will be delivered by Pastor Glen Schoeberger of Our Savior Lutheran Church. Comments will be delivered by Monsignor William Quinn from St. Paul’s Catholic Church. The guest speaker for the ceremony will be Charles Boyland.
