Remember and honor those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks 14 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001 by attending one of these ceremonies being held throughout Cape May County.
County
Friday, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m.
Where: Cape May County Administration Building, 4 Moore Road, Cape May Court House
Freeholder Director Gerald M. Thornton and the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders will hold Cape May County’s 14th Annual Sept. 11 Memorial Ceremony on Patriot Day, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m. outside the front entrance of the County Administration Building at 4 Moore Road in Cape May Court House, New Jersey (exit 11 off the Garden State Parkway).
The Memorial Ceremony will be a solemn event hosted by Director Gerald M. Thornton and the Board of Chosen Freeholders and will feature comments from clergy, elected officials and other dignitaries. Also, the program will include patriotic songs and the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Recruit Ceremonial Detail. The public is invited to attend this memorial service that will start promptly at 5 p.m.
Additionally, once again this year, Cape May County employees will start the day by lowering the flags to half staff at 8:46 a.m. at county buildings in remembrance of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. The employees, representing veterans, active military and first responders will symbolize those who unselfishly answered the call on Sept. 11 – 14 years ago.
For more information, visit capemaycountygov.net or call the Cape May County Department of Tourism and Public Information at (609) 463-6415.
Coast Guard
Local Coast Guardsmen will help surrounding communities in South Jersey remember the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, by supporting several Patriot Day celebrations.
Coast Guardsmen from Training Center Cape May are scheduled to support four remembrance ceremonies by providing color guards, buglers or keynote speakers at the events. Each of these ceremonial services will serve as a key element to the many local remembrance ceremonies being held in the area.
“It will be my honor to attend many Patriot Day ceremonies today throughout our community,” stated Prestidge in a release. “It is important that we remember this tragedy where so many were lost, but which helped define our generation and our Nation’s fighting spirit.”
Prestidge will participate in the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders 14th Patriot Day ceremony in Court House, at 5 p.m. and in the City of Cape May’s Patriot Day ceremony at the Cove located at the intersection of Second Street and Beach Avenue at 6 p.m.
Prestidge will be keynote speaker at both ceremonies.
Coast Guardsmen will also attend Patriot Day ceremonies at the FAA Technical Center in Pomona, as well as at Osprey Point in Seaville.
Cape May
Friday, Sept. 11 at 6:15 p.m.
Where: Senior Citizens Pavilion – Cape May City at the Cove on Beach Avenue (East End)
The Kiwanis Club of Cape May in conjunction with the City of Cape May will honor and remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and aboard Flight 93.
The annual commemoration ceremony held at Beach Avenue at the Cove is a solemn and moving ceremony with speakers from local organizations along with community leaders who remind us of the sacrifice of Police, Fire and Emergency Medical technicians who valiantly struggled that day to save lives.
There is a moment of silence as the flag is lowered at the Cove for the summer season. Bring the family, a few beach chairs, and take part in this memorable event.
The program includes music by Cape Harmonaires, presentations/remarks from community leaders and representatives of the Cape May Kiwanis, City of Cape May, USCG, NY Fire Department, and Kiwanis Key Clubbers and if the weather is permitting one of those beautiful Cape May Cove sunsets.
The Kiwanis Club of Cape May has assumed the responsibility for organizing this annual memorial ceremony. A local community event not to miss!
Lower Township
Friday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m.
Where: Sunset Beach by the flag pole located at the end of Sunset Boulevard, Cape May Point
Lower Township will honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001 with a sunset flag ceremony on Friday.
The ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. at Sunset Beach by the flag pole, located at the end of Sunset Boulevard in Lower Township.
The casket flag of Paul Pansini, a New York City firefighter who lost his life at the World Trade Center, will be flown during the ceremony.
When Pansini joined the Fire Department in 1991, he was assigned to Engine Co. 10 in Manhattan, one of the firehouses closest to the World Trade Center.
Pansini served for six years in the naval Reserve, qualifying as an electrician’s mate. In 1988 he joined the former New York City Transit Authority Police Department before going to the fire department. He also served as a delegate to the Uniformed Firefighters Association.
Pansini was a devoted husband and father to his three children and remembered as the kind of guy who would do anything for anyone. So when Midtown’s Engine Co. 26 called for an extra man on Sept. 11, he volunteered. When he arrived, he didn’t even have time to sign in, because the company was responding to the fire caused by the attack on the World Trade Center.
Firefighters from Lower Township volunteer fire companies will attend the ceremony along with members of the Lower Township Police Department. Coast Guard recruits and the Red Knights, an international firefighter’s motorcycle club, will also attend the event.
North Wildwood
Friday, Sept. 11 at 8:40 a.m.
Where: 15th St. Firehouse, 15th and Central avenues, North Wildwood
Ocean City
Friday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m.
Where: Sixth Street Firehouse, Sixth and Asbury Avenue, Ocean City
The City will once again remember and honor those who lost their lives during the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001. Over 3,000 people died as a result of the attacks including civilians, fire fighters, first responders and police officers.
The program will be held in front of the Firehouse at Sixth and Asbury Ave. starting 7 p.m.
It will begin with the “Striking of the Four Fives” by the Ocean City Fire and Rescue Services. Ocean City Boy Scout Troop 32 will present the colors. The Flag Salute will be led by Bob Marzulli, Commander of American Legion Post 524 and Clark Manley of the VFW. Members of the Greater Ocean City Theatre Company will lead in the singing of the National Anthem.
Rev. John Jamieson, Ocean City Fire Department Chaplain, will present the invocation followed by Michael Dattilo who will introduce dignitaries. Michael Morrissey, Commander of VFW Post 6650, will be the keynote speaker. There will be the laying of a wreath by Ocean City Police and Fire Department Representatives. The program will be concluded with Remarks and Benediction by Rev. Drena Money Garrett of St. James AME and the rendition of “God Bless America” by Julia Mary Wilson.
Friday, Sept. 11 prior to 7 p.m. kickoff
Where: Carey Stadium, Atlantic Avenue and E 6th Street, Ocean City
Ocean City High School football will mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at its home opener against Absegami High School Sept. 11.
“I don’t see how we can gather as a community and enjoy a Friday night of football on that date without stopping to remember,” said Marcia McCulley, Ocean City Red Raider Football Association co-president. “It is right to honor the men and women who lost their lives by honoring the men and women who have answered the call to serve others.”
Prior to the 7 p.m. kickoff, players from both high schools will walk onto the field with friends, family and guests who are serving or have served in our country’s Armed Forces, and as first responders in our communities. “We have invited area veterans’ organizations, and expect members of local police, fire and emergency medical services agencies,” said McCulley. “Please contact us if you, or your group, is interested in attending.”
Military members, veterans, and all first responders will be admitted free to the game. Those serving at present time in the Armed Forces or as a first responder are requested to come in uniform.
After the players and honored guests walk onto the field, there will be brief remarks recalling the events of Sept. 11.
Small flags will be handed out to spectators as they enter the stadium. There will be commemorative t-shirts and wrist bands offered for sale.
The football boosters website, with information on the Sept. 11 game and the OCHS football program, can be found at www.ochsfootball.com, or contact boosters by email at OCHSRaiderFootball@gmail.com.
Sea Isle City
Friday, Sept. 11 at 9 a.m.
Where: Veterans Park, JFK Blvd. and Pleasure Ave., Sea Isle City
Mayor Leonard Desiderio, the members of City Council, local religious leaders, numerous first responders, representatives from Cape May County, representatives from VFW Post 1963 and many other members of the community will gather at Veterans Park Sept. 11 at 9 a.m. to honor and remember the many lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. The event will feature words of encouragement, patriotic hymns, and a variety of tributes to the thousands of patriots who died on that fateful morning in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The public is invited – and encouraged – to attend this solemn event.
For additional information, phone (609) 263-4461, ext.1245 or go to www.VisitSICNJ.com.
Stone Harbor
Friday, Sept. 11 at 11 a.m.
Where: Freedom Park Memorial, 96th Street and Seng Place
Superior Court
Friday, Sept. 11 at 8:45 a.m.
Where: Atlantic County Civil Courts Building, 1201 Bacharach Boulevard, Atlantic City
Joining will be Trial Court Administrator, Howard H. Berchtold, Jr., Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard and John Kiphorn, United States NAVY, CSO1 and vietnam veteran. Remarks will be delivered by Superior Court Assignment Judge Julio L. Mendez. Keynote remarks on “The Importance of Service and American Heroism” by John H. Flammer, Esquire, Assistant Prosecutor Atlantic County, Major, United States Army Reserve. Closing remarks will be given by Joseph A. Levin, Esquire, President, Atlantic County Bar Association, and Douglas A. Burke, President, Cape May County Bar Association. Howard H. Berchtold, Jr., trial court administrator, will sing “God Bless America.” Playing of “Taps” by Juliana Johnson, Oakcrest High School student, Joey Miller, Oakcrest High School student and Rick Schwartz, Instructor/Band Director Oakcrest High School.
Upper Township
Friday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m.
Where: Sergeant William R.Godfrey Memorial Park at Osprey Point, 1731 Route 9, Seaville
The service will be hosted by Osprey Point resident, Aldo Palombo.
Commander Mick Scott, Training Officer of the Coast Guard’s Recruit Training Center in Cape May, will speak about his recollections of Sept. 11. He was a young junior officer underway on a 110′ patrol boat conducting a Caribbean-based counter-narcotics patrol when he learned of the attacks on our homeland. He will share his experience in the days, weeks, and months after the attacks, how it deeply and permanently impacted his crew and their missions, and how the event ultimately strengthened their resiliency
Commander Charles Adelizzi of VFW Post 8695 and Commander Dennis DeSalvo of American Legion Post 239 will lead the flag salute.
The Upper Township Fire and Rescue Squads will be represented by personnel and a display of equipment.
Visitors and dignitaries will be acknowledged.
All are welcome to attend this Patriot Day Service to remember and honor those who have fallen or suffered grievous harm on this day of disaster.
If there is inclement weather, the Service will be held inside the Osprey Point Clubhouse.
Wildwood Crest
Friday, Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Miami and New Jersey avenues, adjacent to Sunset Lake
The Borough of Wildwood Crest will host a Memorial Service Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m. at Miami and New Jersey avenues, adjacent to Sunset Lake.
Various community and religious leaders are expected to attend the Patriot’s Day ceremony, which will honor all of those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
