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Windermere Mayor Jim O’Brien led the 9/11 sunset memorial service.
Family Church Arts Worship Pastor Mark Goff helped sing “God Bless America.”
Residents took turns placing roses on the 9/11 Memorial in town.
Windermere Police Department Chaplain Andy Jones, USA Retired Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Groover III, Windermere Mayor Jim O’Brien, United States Congressman Daniel Webster and Windermere Police Chief Dave Ogden at the service.
Windermere Town Council Member Tom Stroup, USA Retired Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Groover III and Windermere Police Chief Dave Ogden stopped for a quick picture.
Windermere Mayor Jim O’Brien and Town Manager Robert Smith both were present at the event.
Red, white and blue roses were placed at the base of the 9/11 Memorial in town.
The U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps Lone Sailor Division served as the honor guard and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Windermere Police Department Chaplain Andy Jones led locals in the invocation.
Family Church Arts Worship Pastor Mark Goff and the lamplighter singers from Lamplight Academy sang several songs at the event.
USA Retired Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Groover III shared a unique perspective with the audience.
United States Congressman Daniel Webster shared a few words with the crowd.
A red, white and blue wreath was placed in front of the town’s 9/11 Memorial at Town Square Park.
The red, white and blue wreath reminded residents to never forget the events that took place Sept. 11, 2001.
Residents in Windermere gathered for a 9/11 sunset memorial service Monday, Sept. 11, at Town Square Park.
The town convened to remember and reflect on the events that took place Sept. 11, 2001.
“Today we remember and memorialize all those whose lives are forever impacted by the terrorist attacks on our nation 22 years ago today,” Mayor Jim O’Brien said. “Twenty-two years ago Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 dawned bright and full of hope for 2,977 people. A normal day just like yours today. Parents getting children ready for school, flight attendants and professionals rushing to make an early morning flight, military and civilian workers planning at The Pentagon, firefighters and law enforcement officers serving their communities. The day quickly became anything but normal when symbols of our freedom and mobility, airliners, were hijacked and used to execute a coordinated attack on the Twin Towers in New York and The Pentagon. Life and freedom in these United States would never be quite the same again.”
The event included the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps Lone Sailor Division who served as the honor guard and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance; songs from Family Church Worship Arts Pastor Mark Goff and the lamplighter singers from Lamplight Academy; an invocation by Windermere Police Department Chaplain Andy Jones; and words from Windermere Mayor Jim O’Brien, USA Retired Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Groover, III and United States Congressman Daniel Webster.
To complete the ceremony, residents placed red, white and blue roses at the base of the 9/11 Memorial in town.
