Palatine to host 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

Posted September 05, 2019 11:00 pm

On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Village of Palatine will host a memorial ceremony to honor those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The ceremony will be held at the Palatine Firefighters Memorial, corner of N. Brockway and W. Slade streets in downtown Palatine.

Palatine Fire Department members and retirees will be marching to the memorial site from Fire Station 85, 39 E. Colfax St., and will be accompanied by the Palatine Fire Department Honor Guard and the Palatine Police Department Honor Guard.

The ceremony will begin with the arrival of the procession at approximately 9 a.m. and include a wreath presentation and ringing of the ceremonial fire bell. The ceremony will last approximately 20 minutes.

Members of the Palatine fire and police departments will lower the flag, place a wreath at the memorial and also perform a ceremonial ringing of the bell to signify a firefighter's last call of duty.

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