ADAMS COUNTY
View full sizeAP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FileConstruction at the World Trade Center site in New York prior to the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
Time: 11 a.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Gettysburg Area High School football stadium behind the Gettysburg Area Middle School at 37 Lefever St.
Details: Firefighters, other first responders and citizens either climb the equivalent of 110 floors or walk the distance that equates to the climb. First responders and citizens from throughout the region are encouraged to participate.
Registration: Interested participants can register online through the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation website or on the day of the event at the football stadium.
Cost: $25 per person. The first 300 people to preregister will be guaranteed a commemorative T-shirt. Proceeds go to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
Information: Gettysburg Fire Department at 717-334-7548.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
9/11 Commemorative Luncheon
Time: 1 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Shiremanstown First Church of God, 35 S. Locust St.
Details: Shiremanstown Historical Society will host the event, which includes a meal. A local firefighter who spent time at ground zero after the attack will speak, and a historian will discuss the evolution of the American flag. For required reservations, call 717-731-0577 or email stownhs@comcast.net.
Cost: Free, with a suggested donation of $3 to help defer the cost of the speakers’ fees.
Lecture
Time: 7 p.m.
Date: Sept. 13
Location: Anita Tuvin Schlecter Auditorium, Dickinson College, 370 W. Louther St., Carlisle.
Details: Philip Zelikow, former executive director of the 9/11 Commission, will take stock of 10 years of conflict since 9/11 during a public lecture titled “The Twilight War.”
Information: www.clarkeforum.org
Memorial Ceremony
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11
Location: Carlisle High School auditorium, 623 W. Penn St., Carlisle
Details: The ceremony will consist of memories of that day, patriotic music and a memorial service. Attendees at the ceremony are asked to wear red, white or blue. Program will be headed by the AMVETS Post 274 ladies auxiliary, with assistance from the Marine Corps League of Carlisle, the Elks and the Eagles.
Information: Lois Gleim at loisgleim@embarqmail.com, or 717-243-3191; or Jim Grove at 717-243-3788.
Piano Concert
Time: 3-5 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Bowmansdale Church of God, 101 E. Lisburn Road, Upper Allen Twp.
Details: Cumberland Valley High School senior Brandon Rhody will perform a concert to honor victims of 9/11. A reception will follow.
Cost: Free.
DAUPHIN COUNTY
September 11, 2001 – September 11, 2011: Ten Years After
Time: 9-10 a.m.; 10:15-11:15 a.m.; and 11:15 a.m.-noon
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Allegheny and Swatara streets, Dauphin.
Details: 9/11 Pentagon survivor Lt. Col. Curt Nutbrown will tell his story beginning at 9 a.m. in Gleaner Hall at Zion, and will relate his faith struggle during the public worship service at 10:15 a.m. Meet Lt. Col. and Mrs. Nutbrown during coffee hour at 11:15 a.m. in Gleaner Hall.
Information: 717-921-8111.
Fraternal Order of Police remembrance ceremony
Time: 10:03 a.m.
Date: Sept. 7
Location: FOP headquarters, 2949 N. Front St., Harrisburg
Details: The ceremony will feature a memorial of 72 flags on the front lawn of FOP headquarters. Each flag represents a police officer who lost his or her life on Sept. 11, 2001. An honor guard will preside over the memorial from 8:46 a.m. to 10:03 a.m., the time from the first plane crash to the last in Shanksville. Speakers include a Pennsylvania State Trooper who responded to rescue efforts on the day of the attacks.
National Day of Service and Remembrance
Time: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Date: Sept. 8 and 9.
Location: Atrium of Strawberry Square, 11 N. Third St., #100, Harrisburg
Details: In addition to the display of flowers, our flag and a poster, there will be a 2-hour multimedia presentation playing in the atrium throughout the day, which includes the timeline of events on Sept. 11, as well as interviews, a scrolling of names of those lost, and a look forward to the memorial and what is being done today.
Remembrance ceremony
Time: 2 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Harrisburg International Airport, second floor of terminal building, 208 Airport Drive, Lower Swatara Twp.
Details: US Airways and the American Red Cross will host the ceremony.
9/11 Ten Year Anniversary Commemoration UNITY Concert
Time: 7 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Scottish Rite Auditorium, 2701 N. Third St., Harrisburg
Cost: Individual tickets, $10; family bundle of five tickets, $30; corporate and personal sponsorships are available.
Tickets: Can be purchased on the United Way of the Capital Region website at or call Rae Lynn Cox at UWCR, 717-724-4058. Tickets can also be purchased at the Jewish Community Center, 3301 N. Front St., Harrisburg.
Details: Concert will feature the collaboration of vocalist Neshama Carlebach with the Rev. Roger Hambrick and the Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir, an acclaimed group of 25 voices from New York City. Event is sponsored by The United Way of the Capital Region in partnership with many other community organizations. Proceeds will benefit agencies that serve local women and children, including: YWCA, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, The Women’s Fund of the Foundation for Enhancing Communities and The Women of Vision Fund of the Jewish Communal Foundation. This communal gathering and concert is being spearheaded by 12-year-old Yael Muroff who was inspired to hold a community commemoration as her bat mitzvah project. She is the daughter of Rabbi Ron and Leah Muroff of Susquehanna Twp.
Information: 717-724-4058
9/11: A Community Remembers
A 10th Anniversary Musical Tribute
Time: 3 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: The Forum, Fifth and Walnut streets, Harrisburg
Cost: $35, $22 and $10.
Tickets: Available at www.harrisburgsymphony.org
Details: A two-part concert featuring Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra and friends. Part one features jazz by Steve Rudolph, Tim Warfield, Jonathan Ragonese, Diane Wilson, JD Walter and the orchestra. For part two, Stuart Malina conducts vocalists Sasha Piastro, Amy Yovanovich, Eric Rieger, and Damian Savarino, the Susquehanna Chorale and the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem.
Information: www.harrisburgsymphony.org.
Sept. 11 10th Anniversary Remembrance
Time: 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Date: Sept. 11
Location: Capitol steps, Third Street, Harrisburg
Details: Held by Pennsylvania Nonbelievers Inc. Speakers will be David Silverman, president of American Atheists, and Jason Torpy, president of Military Association of Atheists and Free Thinkers. A moment of silence will be observed at the exact time of each catastrophic occurrence of that day. Recorded music will be played, featuring several artists who have written nonreligious songs about 9/11. The event provides an alternative for those who are not religious.
Information: harrisburg@panonbelievers.org
Interfaith 9/11 Remembrance
Time: 2-2:50 p.m. and 3-4 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Where: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Cathedral, 221 N. Front St., Harrisburg
Details: The event is presented by the Interfaith Alliance of Pennsylvania and St. Stephens Episcopal Cathedral. The theme is, “How Can We Build Our Future Together?”
Part 1: 2-2:50 p.m. — Ceremony with presentation by Imam Yahya Hendi, Islamic Chaplain of Georgetown University and Founder of Clergy Beyond Borders.
Part II: 3-4 p.m. — Interfaith Panel Discussion: Confronting Extremists Within Your Own Tradition, and Building Our Future Together. Panelists include the Imam Yahya Hendi; Rabbi Carl Choper, Executive Director of the Religion and Society Center; John Anthony Stultz of the Blue Mountain Lotus Temple; and John Peterson, past dean of St. George’s Anglican Cathedral in Jerusalem.
Information: interfaithalliance@pa.net, David Messner at 717-770-0462 or Rabbi Carl Choper at 717-903-2998.
Remembering 9/11 Memorial Service
Time: 2 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: The Firefighters Monument, Front and Verbeke streets, Harrisburg. In event of rain, service will be held at the Pennsylvania National Fire Museum, 1820 N. Fourth St., Harrisburg.
Details: Highlights of the service include: The posting of the colors by the Capitol Police Color Guard; music by the Air National Guard Band of the Mid-Atlantic Ceremonial Band; invocation and benediction by the Rev. J. Alleman; the memorial message by the Rev. J. Steward Hardy; The Field Cross Ceremony by Sgt. Larry Carter; music by the Lochiel Emerald Society Pipes and Drums; and the laying of wreaths by area fire companies and first responders
Information: 717-232-8915.
Remembering 9/11: Tolling of the Reily Bell
Time: Beginning at 8:46 a.m. and at each catastrophic event of that day.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: The Pennsylvania National Fire Museum, 1820 N. Fourth St., Harrisburg.
Details: The bell at Pennsylvania National Fire Museum will toll for one minute for each of the six major events of the day. Following these one minute tolls the bell will ring out 343 times at five second intervals to honor the 343 firefighters of FDNY that perished. After a one-minute pause the bell will toll 72 times for additional first responders that died.
Information: 717-232-8915.
Pennsylvania National Fire Museum Displays: To honor the fallen heroes of September 11
Time: 10-4 Sept. 10 and 1-4 p.m. Sept. 11.
Location: The Pennsylvania National Fire Museum, 1820 N. Fourth St., Harrisburg
Details: Four displays throughout the museum: There is a forest of 415 small American Flags in the Hand/Horse Drawn display area; permanent display in the motorized apparatus room that features photos of the World Trade Center area; collection of 343 fire helmets from various area fire companies in the front parlor; display of eight pictorial panels reflects the World Trade Center before 9/11; the attacks on 9/11 at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville; the response by first responders; recovery efforts; and the future Freedom Tower.
Cost: Free.
Information: 717-232-8915
A 9/11 Prayer of Remembrance Service
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Date: Sept. 10 (during Germanfest).
Location: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Savior , 420 N. Progress Ave., Susquehanna Twp.
Information: 717-545-9992, www.oslutheranharrisburg.org.
Blood drive
Time: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Hadee Mosque, 245 Division St., Harrisburg.
Details: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in collaboration with Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank will hold a blood drive in memory of those who perished on Sept. 11, 2001. Everyone who attempts to give blood will receive a T-shirt and refreshments will be served.
Information: 717-561-2750, or harrisburgtabligh@lajnausa.net, www.muslimsforlife.org.
All-American Celebration
Time: 10:45 a.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Grace United Methodist Church, 433 E. Main St., Hummelstown
Details: As part of the church’s All-American Celebration, during the 10:45 a.m. worship service its adult hand bell choir will perform Parting, a selection composed in memory of those who died on 9/11. The 100-voice choir will perform John Rutter’s arrangement of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
Information: 717-566-2897 or www.gracehummelstown.org.
Harrisburg Gallery Walk
Time: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: City of Harrisburg
Details: Event, which is sponsored by The Patriot-News and WXPN, features events at more than 20 venues, and includes: various works by New York artists reflecting on the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 at McKissick Associates Architects; expressionist female figurative paintings by Joanne Landis at Mangia Qui; and artists painting in the gardens of The Governor’s Residence.
Cost: Free, with a flyer and map available at participating galleries and online at
www.artassocofhbg.com.
Information: 717-236-1432.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
9/11 Memorial Service
Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m., service to begin at 5 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Memorial Square in Chambersburg.
Details: Three pieces of steel, collectively weighing almost one ton, that were part of the World Trade Center Towers arrived in Franklin County on Aug. 9, through the efforts of the Letterkenny Chapel 9/11 Franklin County Memorial Committee, and with the assistance of the Letterkenny Army Depot. The artifacts will be unveiled and on display on the square in Chambersburg. The materials will be dedicated for a permanent memorial planned for the United Churches Letterkenny Chapel grounds at the depot.
Information: The Rev. Dr. William Harter at 717-264-3828, or wharter1551@comcast.net.
PERRY COUNTY
Sept. 11 — Special Service
Time: 10 a.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 600 Centerville Road, Liverpool Twp.
Details: The service will honor the memory of the victims and pray for the comfort of those who still mourn. There will be no sermon, as the message will be in the prayers, readings and Scriptures. Bring your written dreams, thoughts, prayers and wishes for the future to be placed on the altar.
Information: www.stmatthewpa.org or the Rev. James Westgate at 717-444-7354
Memorial Service
Time: noon-2 p.m. — display of local apparatus; 2 p.m. — memorial service
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Citizens Fire Company No. 1 of Newport , 301 Mulberry St., Newport.
Details: Memorial service to honor emergency, EMS and police personnel who died in the attacks. Speaker will be Col. Matthew Brown from Carson Long Military Academy, who was at the Pentagon during the attack. Light refreshments will follow.
Information: Robert Flickinger at 717-567-6681 or 717-567-3843.
LEBANON COUNTY
Ride for Remembrance
Time: Registration — 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; ride — 12:30-4 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11, rain or shine.
Location: The ride will start and end at American Legion Peter Charles Moore Post 910, 75 Fisher Ave. in Jonestown, just north of Fort Indiantown Gap.
Details: The Pennsylvania National Guard 28th Infantry Division Association is holding its Inaugural Ride for Remembrance to benefit the 28th Infantry Division Association Memorial Fund.
Cost: $25 per rider, $10 per passenger. All motorcycles and cars are welcome. Commemorative shirts will be given to participants who pre-register. A limited supply will be available on the day of the event while supplies last.
Information: Sgt. 1st Class Drew Frengel at 717-222-1119 or go to www.28thInfantryDivisionAssoc.org. Donations to the memorial fund can be sent to 28th Infantry Division Association Memorial Fund, c/o 28th Infantry Division Association, 1400 Calder St., Building 3, Harrisburg, PA 17103-1297.
Patriot Day Concert
Time: 7-9 p.m., doors open at 6:15 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Cedar Crest High School auditorium
Details: This event is being hosted by the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce, and will feature the Lebanon Community Concert Band, under the direction of Tim Erdman, playing a selection of patriotic American music. There will also be vocal performances. Guest speaker will be Col. Frank Ryan, retired from the Marine Corps.
Cost: Free, however tickets are required.
Tickets: Available 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce, 604 Cumberland St., Lebanon. Tickets also can be ordered by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope, with the number of tickets requested, to the Lebanon Valley Chamber, 604 Cumberland St., Lebanon, PA 17042. There is a limit of six tickets per order.
Information: 717-273-3727.
“Conversations for the Common Good” Forum for Teens and Young Adults — Topic 9/11
Time: 3-5 p.m.
Date: Sept. 10.
Location: Legends Cafe, 9 S. Ninth St., Lebanon.
Details: This gathering will give individuals an opportunity to reflect together on the impact of these events. Starbucks coffee will be provided to participants free of charge, courtesy of Legends Cafe.
Cost: Free. Pre-registration is helpful, but not required.
Information/registration: Lebanon Valley College, Office of Spiritual Life, 717-867-6135 or fullmer@lvc.edu.
Community Choir
Time: 3 p.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Lebanon Valley College Miller Chapel, Lebanon Valley College, Annville.
Details: A community choir from the Annville-Cleona Area Council of Churches will join Lebanon Valley College’s Chamber Choir to present a series of anthems commemorating the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. Approximately 100 singers will participate in the service. Prayers and readings by local emergency service providers and clergy will mark the interludes between pieces.
Cost: Free.
Information: Chaplain Paul Fullmer at 717-867-6135 or fullmer@lvc.edu.
Ten Years Later: The Aftermath of Sept. 11
Time: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Date: Sept. 10.
Location: Lebanon Valley College, College Avenue, Annville
Details: A discussion of issues related to Sept. 11.
Information: 717-884-8618, www.wacharrisburg.org
YORK COUNTY
Special tribute on the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack
Time: 10:15 a.m.
Date: Sept. 11.
Location: Calvary United Methodist Church, 203 Mumper Lane, Carroll Twp.
Details: A contemporary service will include a special tribute on the anniversary of the terrorist attack. Program will feature worship by Pastor Jeffrey Swanger, group discussion and light refreshments. Dress is casual in a relaxed setting.
Information: 717-432-2113.
10th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemoration
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Date: Sept. 11, rain or shine.
Location: The Liberty Garden, Kiwanis Lake Park, Parkway Boulevard and North Newberry Street, York .
Details: Keynote speaker will be Congressman Todd Platts. The commemoration will include patriotic music, the York City Police Honor Guard, emergency vehicles and uniformed personnel from the York City Fire and Police Departments as well as from White Rose Ambulance. A tent will be available for shelter. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating. Children are encouraged to attend; however no child care is available.
Information: Calvary Chapel of York at 717-846-0088.
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