Ten-Year Remembrance Thursday Sept. 8th

Be sure to get your tickets before they sell out at any of these locations
for a suggested $10 donation to “The 9/11 Memorial Monument Fund.”
Seating is limited. Tickets can be purchased at Akard True Value in Zionsville, Zionsville Chamber of Commerce, State Bank of Lizton (Anson and Lebanon), Zionsville Times Sentinel and The Lebanon Reporter.

Zionsville– A 10-year remembrance of 9/11 is scheduled for 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 8th, at the Zionsville High School Performing Arts Center. The event is designed to bring together friends and neighbors to pay tribute to the tragic events of that day.

The ceremony will begin with the procession of a beam from the World Trade Center that has been given to Boone County for use in a permanent monument. The beam will be carried from the parking lot of Lowes in Anson, east along SR 334 to Ford Road, north to Mulberry Street, then east to Zionsville High School. It will be escorted by the American Legion and Patriot Riders, as well as local police and fire personnel.

An ice cream social will take place from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in front of the high school, where attendees can watch the arrival of the beam. Sponsored by the Zionsville Merchants Association, ice cream is available for a suggested donation to “The 9/11 Memorial Monument Fund.” Proceeds will support the development of the Boone County 9/11 monument, being constructed with the World Trade Center beam.

The feature presentation begins at 7 p.m. in the Zionsville Performing Arts Center. Highlights will include brief talks by local residents who were first-hand witnesses of the 9/11 events, as well as a keynote presentation by Guy Yasika, who escaped from the Twin Towers after the planes hit. The Zionsville Midle School Choir will sing a tribute to out Armed Forces.  Comments will be made by an air traffic controller who was on duty that day and a rescue worker who was a first-responder to the scene. In addition, patriotic music will be played and a chaplain will speak. Afterward, attendees will be asked to gather around the beam for a candle-lighting ceremony and fireworks.
 
Tickets are on sale for a suggested $10 donation to “The 9/11 Memorial Monument Fund.” Seating is limited. Tickets can be purchased at Akard True Value in Zionsville, Zionsville Chamber of Commerce, Zionsville Times Sentinel State Bank of Lizton (Anson and Lebanon) and The Lebanon Reporter.

The 9/11 tribute kicks off Zionsville’s Lions Club Fall Festival, which will take place Sept. 10 and 11 in Lions Park. This year’s Fall Festival theme is “Visions of Peace.” World Trade Center survivor Guy Yasika will be the grand marshal of the Kiwanis Parade at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 10th on Main Street in Zionsville. He and his wife, Vicky Yasika, will also speak at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 11, in Lions Park.

The 9/11 tribute has been made possible through the collaboration of Akard True Value Hardware, Fishbowl Marketing and Public Relations, Amy Kiefer Creative Services, Zionsville Chamber of Commerce, State Bank of Lizton, Zionsville Times Sentinel, The Lebanon Reporter, the Zionsville Merchants Association, the American Legion Riders and Patriot Guard, Zionsville Community High School, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the Zionsville Lions Club, local, county and state police, fire, sheriff and military personnel and many other community members.

Source: Zionsville Middle School Blog