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South Fire Middletown Sept. 11 Memorial Dedication

Connecticut Governor, Honorable Dannel Malloy, will be the keynote speaker at Middletown's annual remembrance ceremony honoring the victims of 9-11.  This year, the ceremony will be held at the South District Fire Headquarters on Randolph Rd. and will coincide with dedication of the City's permanent 9/11 Memorial and Memorial Garden.
The Memorial Garden has as its focal point a section of a steel beam from the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The beam stands vertically atop a concrete pedestal at the center of the garden. South Fire District has been designated as a curator for the 9/11 artifact which remains the property of the Port Authority of New York, the agency that owned the World Trade Center.
The ceremony is open to the public and will begin at 8:30 am.  It will be interrupted for moments of silence at 8:46 am and 9:02 am, the exact times when the two planes flew into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center.
Public parking for the ceremony will be in the field located directly across Lee Street from the firehouse (the same field used for parking during the annual Open House in October).  Handicapped parking will be in a designated area on the west side of the South District Headquarters.


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