Members of the Veteran’s Park Association will be presenting a program to commemorate the 15th anniversary of 9/11. The Remembrance Program will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday at the 9/11 Memorial located at 3035 Morse Boulevard just south of County Road 466A.
Program speakers include Chief Peyton Grinnell with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Villages Public Safety Department Chief Edmund Cain. Scheduled program activities include a rifle salute and taps, conducted by the Veterans’ Memorial Park Honor Guard and the Honor Guards from all three counties’ sheriff’s offices: Lake, Sumter an Marion, a helicopter flyover and The Villages Sounds of Scotland playing Drummers Lost and Amazing Grace.
Already in place near the site of the memorial and program is the Field of Flags. Individual flags honor the lives lost on 9/11. The flags were put in place by Lady Lake Boy Scout Troop 244 and will be up until after the day after the program.
There is no seating at the Memorial for the program; event organizers recommend bring a folding chair if you need to sit during the program. Typically the program draws an audience of about 300.
The 9/11 Memorial which honors all those that lost their lives on September 11, 2001 was dedicated in October 2011. Since then the 9/11 Day of Remembrance Programs have been held there; previously the programs were held at the Veterans’ Park in Spanish Springs.
