Lots of Support for Sun City Huntley's 9/11 Memorial

 Peg Mulhall is amazed at the number of people stepping forward to participate and help with this weekend’s 9/11 American Flag Memorial Project.

Several hundred people have volunteers to put 2,977 flags commemorating each life lost on Sept. 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania meadow terrorist attacks.

“I don’t know how to even put it into words,” Mulhall said of the support the group has received. “We have had so many phone calls asking where can I go, how can I help. A lot of times they will cry and say ‘I’m so happy you are doing this. I need to be a part of this.’ ”

There has been lots of financial and sponsor support from residents and businesses, she said. A company offered to treat the flags so they won’t rust and another company is printing the programs, she said.

has provided lots of help too, Mulhall said. Sun City neighborhoods also have contributed as well as banks, restaurants and local Lions clubs.

“I am constantly stunned at the generosity and the enthusiasm,” she said. “I thought it was going to be good, but it’s going to be fantastic.”

“For the Memorial Six, it’s been an experience I will never forget,” Mulhall said.

Check back to Huntley Patch this weekend for complete coverage.