For Immediate Release:
September 8, 2015
County’s 9/11 remembrance scheduled
Mount Mitchill to stay open until 11 p.m. on Sept. 10, 11 and 12
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ – A public remembrance ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 11 at Monmouth County’s 9/11 Memorial located at Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook. The ceremony will be held rain or shine.
“The County’s 9/11 Memorial honors the lives lost and the fearless displays of heroism by rescue teams and citizens on Sept. 11, 2001,” said Freeholder Lillian G. Burry, liaison to the County Park System. “Each subsequent Sept. 11 we gather to remember our friends and neighbors while we recall the profound effect the day had on America.”
The County’s 9/11 Memorial, completed in 2005, was made possible through donations to Monmouth County’s 9/11 Memorial Committee.
The Memorial features a timeline walkway to recollect the events of the day; a stone base carved with the names, ages and hometowns of the 147 Monmouth County residents who lost their lives that day; and an eagle sculpture with a beam from one of the fallen World Trade Center towers.
“The County’s 9/11 Memorial helps to keep the memories of those we lost on 9/11 close to our hearts,” said Freeholder Director Gary J. Rich, Sr. “Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook has an outstanding view of lower Manhattan; it is a view that will forever connect us to that day.”
The remembrance ceremony will include a flag salute, invocation and flowers placed at the memorial.
The Navel Weapons Station Earle Honor Guard will participate in the ceremony along with the Pipes & Drums of the Atlantic Watch.
Overflow parking will be available at the County Park Systems’ Hartshorne Woods Park Buttermilk Valley parking lot, 300 Navesink Ave., Locust. Shuttle buses will be provided.
Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook, Ocean Boulevard, will be open until 11 p.m. on Sept. 10, 11 and 12 for park patrons to visit the County’s 9/11 Memorial. The park opens daily at 8 a.m.
Set against views of New York City, Burry tours the Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial in a video, available on www.visitmonmouth.com, while explaining the 9/11 Memorials symbolic components.
For more information about the remembrance ceremony or the park’s extended hours, call 732- 842-4000, ext. 4312 or visit www.monmouthcountyparks.com.
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