Ceremonies planned for 9/11 remembrance
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Moses Lake Fire Department Lt. Jason Koziol reads a speech at last year’s Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in Moses Lake.
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MOSES LAKE — Several local communities will hold remembrances of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks Thursday. All are open to the public.
The Moses Lake Fire Department will be joined by Grant County Fire District 5 for a ceremony at 7 a.m. at Moses Lake Civic Center Park. The ceremony will include a short speech and the ringing of the Four Fives, a traditional requiem for firefighters who have given their lives in the line of duty.
The Four Fives will also be run at Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center’s ceremonies at 8:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. in front of the CBTECH building, according to the Moses Lake School District. The ceremony will be conducted by the Criminal Justice and Fire Science programs students and instructors and will last about 25 minutes, according to an email from CBTECH director Christine Armstrong.
The American Legion Art Semro Post 28 Auxiliary will put 200 banners honoring the fallen of that day on the lawn of the Grant County Courthouse in Ephrata starting at 7 a.m., according to Auxiliary member Jane Montaney. Volunteers are invited to come out and help place the banners. A remembrance ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m.
Veterans Operation Creation will host a ceremony at the Quincy Valley Historical Society and Museum at 5:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for the ceremony, which will be approximately 45 minutes long.
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, are a pivotal time in America's recent history. Nearly 3,000 lives were lost, including 343 firefighters, according to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. An additional 72 police officers were killed, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
“Let this (ceremony) symbolize the devotion that these brave souls had for their duty, those who have selflessly given their lives for the good of their fellow man, their tasks completed, their duties well done,” CBTECH Fire Science Instructor Jaron Shaddix said at last year’s ceremony.
Correction: Banners will start going out in Ephrata at 7 a.m.
9/11 Memorial Schedule
Moses Lake
Moses Lake Civic Center Park
411 S. Balsam St.
7 a.m.
Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center
900 Yonezawa Blvd.
8:15 and 11:35 a.m.
Ephrata
Grant County Courthouse
35 C St. NW
5:30 p.m.
(Banners out at 7 a.m.)
Quincy
Quincy Valley Historical Society and Museum
415 F St. SW
5:30 p.m.
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