9/11 memorial plans in Hudson County towns
The Jersey Journal has compiled of a list of Hudson County municipalities that have announced their plans for September 11 memorial services. If an event is missing or there are updates to an existing one, please e-mail brett.jjournal@gmail.com. Here is the rundown: - Jersey City will hold its annual "Reflections" ceremony on Grand Street at the waterfront at 8...
Taylor Siebel looks at the Bayonne 9/11 memorial during the memorial service on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Siebel was there representing Midtown Community College as well as honoring her cousin who died during the attack.The Jersey Journal has compiled of a list of Hudson County municipalities that have announced their plans for September 11 memorial services. If an event is missing or there are updates to an existing one, please e-mail brett.jjournal@gmail.com.
Here is the rundown:
- Jersey City will hold its annual "Reflections" ceremony on Grand Street at the waterfront at 8 a.m. There will be music and special guest speakers to honor the victims of 9/11.
- The Hudson Media Group will enter the 2010 inductees onto the Circle of Honor memorial in Journal Square at 5 p.m.
- West New York will hold a service to honor its residents who perished on 9/11. The families are expected to speak. It will take place at 60th Street and Boulevard East by the fountain at 8:40 a.m. All are welcome to attend.
- Hoboken will hold an interfaith memorial service at 4 p.m. in Pier A Park. Additionally, Our Lady of Grace Church at 400 Willow Ave. is holding a mass to honor the lives lost that day. It will take place at 10:30 am on Sunday and there will be a special blessing.
- Guttenberg will perform a ceremony in front of the Municipal Building on Park Avenue to honor the lives lost on 9/11. The families of the victims will speak and a candlelight vigil will be held.
- Secaucus will hold a ceremony in front of the Secaucus Public Library and Business Resource Center on Paterson Plank Road. The names of the community members who died on 9/11 will be read, and light refreshments will be offered inside the library where information on the events of 9/11 will be displayed.
- Bayonne will hold a candlelight vigil and interfaith memorial service at 7 p.m. at the 9/11 memorial in Harbor View Park. A shuttle bus service to the ceremony will run from 23rd Street and Del Monte Drive until 6:30 p.m.
