Local and national 9/11 remembrance events

Posted at: 09/10/2012 9:37 PM | Updated at: 09/11/2012 9:07 AM

The following are lists and schedules for local and national 9/11 remembrance events:

Local events:

• MCC Remembrance Ceremony: PAC Center, Brighton Campus, 8 a.m.-9 a.m.
• Brockport FD Vigil: Brockport Fire Department
8:30 a.m.- opening ceremony, lowering of the flag
 8:47 a.m.- ringing of the bell for FDNY
 6:15 p.m.- Ring of Gold ceremony
 7 p.m.- closing ceremony, raising of the flag
• Road Fire District Remembrance Vigil: 1299 Long Pond Rd., 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
• RFD/RPD Memorial Service: Public Safety Building, 10:30 a.m.
• Batavia VA Memorial Service: Batavia VA, 11 a.m.
• U of R Remembrance Ceremony and flag presentation: Meridian Bench facing chapel, 12 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Colgate Divinity School Prayer Service: CRCDS Chapel, 5 p.m.
 5:30 p.m.- Memorial Walkathon begins
• Canandaigua Prayer Service: St. Mary's Church, 95 N. Main St, 6 p.m.
Candlelight service at American Legion to follow.
• Irondequoit Kiwanis Changing of Banner Ceremony: Rochester Yacht Club, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Spencerport 9/11 Remembrance Gathering: Village Gazebo, 7 p.m.
• Town of Victor 9/11 Ceremony: Mead Square Park, 7 p.m.
• Village of Webster Memorial Service: Webster Veterans Memorial Park, 7 p.m.
   

New York City:

8:39 a.m. - Program begins at the National September 11 Memorial Plaza at the World Trade Center site, with bagpipers and drummers. The Young People's Chorus of New York City sings the National Anthem.

8:46 a.m. - Moment of silence marking when American Airlines Flight 11 hit the north tower, and houses of worship toll their bells. Then family members will read the names of those killed.

9:03 a.m. - Moment of silence marking when United Airlines Flight 175 hit the south tower.

9:37 a.m. - Moment of silence marking when American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon.

9:59 a.m. - Moment of silence marking when the south tower fell.

10:03 a.m. - Moment of silence marking when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pa.

10:28 a.m. - Moment of silence marking when the north tower fell.

12:30 p.m. - Program finishes with another choral performance and three trumpeters performing taps. 

Sunset - The "Tribute in Light" art installation is turned on until dawn Wednesday. 

8 p.m. - National September 11 Memorial closes. 

Washington, D.C.:
 
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and the White House staff mark a moment of silence on the south lawn of the White House. The president and the first lady attend a Sept. 11 memorial event at the Pentagon and visit service members at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
 
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hosts remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon memorial.
 
Congress holds a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony.

 
Shanksville, Pennsylvania:
 
9:30 a.m. - Program begins at the Memorial Plaza, with keynote remarks from Vice President Joe Biden. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar attends.
 
10:03 a.m. - At the moment Flight 93 crashed, family members and community residents read the names of those lost and ring Bells of Remembrance.
 
Reno, Nevada:

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the annual conference of the National Guard Association of the United States.

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