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Calligraphic art graces Union County's 9/11 Memorial web page. |
Union County will offer its commemoration of the 60 Union County residents lost in the attacks at the county memorial at Echo Lake Park at 1:00 PM Sunday (see county website here).
Commemorations nearby to Plainfield include --
- North Plainfield: 3 PM Sunday, interfaith service at North Plainfield Community Center, 614 Greenbrook Road (at Clinton Avenue).
- Scotch Plains: 6 PM Sunday, dedication of a memorial at the Village Green, Park Avenue and Front Street.
- South Plainfield: 12:45 PM Sunday, a memorial ceremony at Monument Park on Plainfield Avenue (adjacent to Borough Hall).
- NJ Today: "Ceremonies mark 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks"
- Union County: "Union County 9/11 commemoration"
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The on line issue of the Courier shows that Plainfield will have the ceremony on Monday.
YO YO YO BIG MAN DAN
PLAINFELD IS DIFFERENT
WE ARE HAVIN A 9-12 MEMORIAL
Plainfield has hastily scheduled a memorial service on Monday, 9:45 am, in front of city hall.
At 7:56 AM -- It was an overwhelmingly American tragedy, and people of color were both victims and hero first responders (including members of Plainfield's police and fire divisions who went to NYC to help).
@ 1:28 PM -- When I left to go to the PMUA Fair at 1 PM on Saturday, there was no notice on the city's website as I had just checked it to answer a complaint by a reader concerning the DPW/PMUA storm-related pickups.
On Saturday evening, the flyer was online. If you read it carefully, it seems almost a command performance for employees, since even the Mayor must have figured out most of the community would not get the word in time.
Jeanne Yurke commented via Facebook.
Jeanne wrote: "After some reflection I realize that observing the 12th is indeed significant for Plainfield. I'll never forget that on that Wednesday the winds had shifted and "the bad air" was suddenly over us.
By the next day the winds had shifted again so that "the bad air" was over parts of NY. Sadly, the NYC-based news reporters warned fellow NYers on Thursday, but had given no warning the day before when it was being breathed in NJ."
Well...I think we should have all of our ceremonies and moments of reflection on the day after the significant event...then at least we'll keep the theme for Plainfield going...always one step behind.
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