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All Are Invited to Union County September 11 Commemoration
Event to be held at Echo Lake Park on Sunday at 1:00pm.
Union County, NJ – The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders invites members of the public to attend a special ceremony to honor the memory of the 60 Union County residents killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001. The ceremony will be held at the Union County September 11th Memorial in Echo Lake Park, in Mountainside, beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 11.
The ceremony includes the reading of names, a color guard and rifle salute, and the laying of flowers.
In conjunction with the ceremony, a blood donation drive will be conducted near the Memorial from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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The Union County September 11th Memorial is located near the Springfield Avenue entrance of Echo Lake Park on the border of Mountainside and Springfield. Dedicated on September 13, 2003, it was constructed through private donations including in-kind work by labor unions and materials at cost.
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