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Sun City Huntley Remembers Lives Lost on 9/11

9/11 American Flag Memorial on display at Sun City Huntley through Tuesday.

 
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Volunteers placed 3,000 flags in Sun City Huntley Friday to mark the 11th anniversary of 9/11.

Organizers of 9/11 American Flag Memorial have scaled down this year's memorial while adding other things. This year, members of the  American Legion Post 673 will perform TAPS each night at sunset. Here is a list of events planned for this weekend, leading up to Sept. 11:

Sunday, Sept. 9

Four short films will be shown at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9 at the Fountain Pavilion. The “9/11 Narrative,” is about last year’s Sun City 9/11 memorial, “Richard’s Story” is about a Sun City resident who lost his brother in the attacks and the “Daily Flag Retreat” is about a man on the East coast who raises the flag and lowers it each day at the beach, Mulhall said. A fourth film, “The Boatlift” is a new story about the largest maritime evacuation that happened on 9/11. It is narrated by Tom Hanks. The four films will again be shown at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Tuesday at the Drendel Ballroom in Sun City.

Tuesday, Sept. 11

Bells will toll at 7:46 a.m., 8:03 a.m., 8:37 a.m. and 9:03 a.m. signifying the moment planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and a field in Pennsylvania.

A ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. that evening featuring a Memory Walk Luminaria, which is new this year. The Prairie Voices will perform. The public can purchase luminaries on Sept. 9 and 11 at the Sun City Pavilion. 

Related Topics: 9/11, 9/11 American Flag Memorial, 9/11 Memorials, and Sun City Huntley

Anitra Willis

10:32 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012

Many thanks to all that volunteered to honor those affected by 9/11 and to educate our younger generation. I brought my girls to see the flags that we remember so well from last year. Listening to Orion Samuelson and Richie FitzSimons' story a 2nd time still brought many tears to my eyes. "The Boatlift" is such a great story of our American spirit and resolve. Loved the quote, "I never want to live my life saying 'I should have...' "

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