FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Sept. 9, 2009

County’s 9/11 remembrance scheduled 
Mount Mitchill to stay open until 11 p.m. this weekend

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ – A public remembrance ceremony will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 11 at Monmouth County’s 9/11 Memorial located at Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook.

Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook, Ocean Boulevard, will be open until 11 p.m. on Sept. 11, 12 and 13 for park patrons to visit the County’s 9/11 Memorial. The park opens daily at 8 a.m.

The 20-minute remembrance ceremony will include the Naval Weapons Station Earle Funeral Honors, bagpipers, a flag salute, an invocation, and flowers placed at the memorial. 

The Municipal Art Society of New York’s Tribute in Lights, scheduled for Sept. 11 only, will be visible from Mount Mitchill, weather permitting.

Set against views of New York City, the Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial honors both the lives lost and the fearless display of heroism by rescue teams and citizens who responded to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The memorial has three symbolic components: a timeline walkway to recollect the events of the day; a stone base carved with the names, ages and hometowns of the 147 county residents who lost their lives that day; and an eagle sculpture with a beam from one of the fallen World Trade Center towers.

The county’s 9/11 Memorial was made possible through donations to Monmouth County’s 9/11 Memorial Committee.

For more information about the remembrance ceremony or the park’s extended hours, call (732) 842-4000 (TTY/TDD 711) or visit www.monmouthcountyparks.com. 

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