Wednesday, September 12, 2012
An evening ceremony Tuesday honored the local victims of the 9/11 attacks.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
"The world is a different place and we are a different people." Those were the words spoken Tuesday evening by Rev. Doug Hoglund of Yardley's Woodside Presbyterian Church as he spoke to the crowds that gathered at the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield to mark the 11-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America. Philadelphia radio talk show host Michael Smerconish, who helped with fundraising for the memorial, said that memories of the victims fade, but the memorial will help people remember. Motorcylist, uniformed public servants, volunteers and local youth organizations took part of the ceremony. At the end of the evening, visitors lit candles to help honor the nearly 3,000 victims who died on Sept. 11, 2001. Bucks County lost …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A morning remembrance ceremony at the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield marked the anniversary of 9/11 in Bucks County.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
On Tuesday morning, hundreds of people gathered at the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield to remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
Morning and evening ceremonies will be held at the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Two somber ceremonies are set to mark the 11-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on America and the thousands of lives that were lost. A morning rememberance ceremoney and a evening event will be held Tuesday at the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield. The morning Honor and Remembrance Ceremony is set to start at 8:30 a.m. A candlelight vigil will begin at the Garden of Reflection at 7 and end at around 7:30 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public. The memorial was designed by Yardley architect Liuba Lashchyk AIA in the first few years following the attacks and features an area of remembrance for the 18 Bucks County residents who died in the attacks, another memorial for all of the nearly 3,000 victims, two steams of …
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Patch is compiling a list of stories from readers on what they remember from Sept. 11, 2001.
I remember Sept. 11, 2001 was a sunny and warm day. I was in the fifth grade at Stackpole Elementary School in Upper Southampton. The school day began like any other but curiously many of my peers began disappearing from class; their parents were picking them up only minutes after the session had begun. Students began to question the teacher about why our friends were leaving so unexpectedly. She looked up from her computer monitor, wiped tears from he face and told the class that it was a beautiful day and my peers parents had all decided to take them to the shore. At such a young age, I believed my teacher. Little did I know, just a few hundred miles to the north, west and south that groups of terrorist were orchestrating the most …
Monday, September 12, 2011
The ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks are over, but the lessons continue.
This week I learned a valuable lesson. Well, I guess I always knew the lesson, but it came home to me this week. My 9-year-old daughter and her friend, Clare, were sitting in my kitchen Friday. Clare asked the old “Pearl Harbor” question. “Mrs. Smith, tell me where you were on 9/11,” she said. Now both Clare and my daughter were not even born yet and aside from being transported back to that moment in time, I also felt a million years older. And a million times sadder. I was in my parent’s spot and I felt trapped. My parents’ intelligence seems to improve with my age. Today they seem so content to simply enjoy the moment. They are not concerned about monetary things and really do roll with the punches. I have not arrived at this …
First responders, government officials and residents from Bucks and Montgomery Counties gathered to pay homage to the firefighters and police officers that lost their lives during the Sept. 11 attacks.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Bucks County first responders, community members, along with local and state officials, gathered for a memorial service at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church in Croydon on Sept. 9, 2011.
Bucks County first responders, community members, along with local and state officials, gathered for a memorial service at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church in Croydon on Sept. 9, 2011. An entrance procession including the Knights of Columbus, St. John Neumann Assembly, No. 933 Color Corp., EMS providers, military personnel and police officers opened the service led by Father Michael J. Davis, who shared his reflections. "For me 9/11 is still a constant reminder that some people choose to do horribly destructive things to human lives and sadly, those plots still are in the wings and we naturally, I believe, we look for the other shoe to drop. But tonight, it's the message of remembering and thanksgiving," Davis said. State Sen. Tommy Tomlinson…
A candlelight vigil was held Saturday at the Garden of Reflection to mark the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. Organizers handed out 2,973 candles, one for each victim of the attacks.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Thousands of people lit candles and remembered the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield Saturday evening. To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, organizers handed out 2,973 candles, one for each victim of the attacks. The evening vigil also featured clergy and patriotic songs. Family members of those who died on Sept. 11 hung photos and placed flowers below where the victim's names were etched in glass. The Garden of Reflection was designed to be a place that honors the 18 Bucks County residents who were lost on Sept. 11 and Saturday's vigil was one of the many remembrance events, said Ellen Saracini. Her husband, Victor Saracini, was the captain of one of the planes that was …
Thousands of people from all over the country gathered Saturday night at the Garden of Reflection for a vigil to remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Patch spoke with the 8th District Congressman following a 9/11 memorial service in Croydon.
Patch spoke with Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick about the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 following a 9/11 memorial service held in Croydon on Friday evening.
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11:01 am on Thursday, September 13, 2012
Google Bill Warner (political Islam), Frank Gaffney, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer. These brave people are on the front lines trying to expose the truth. Now we have a dead Ambassador and other Americans. When will it end? Judging by the 1,400 year history of Islam, never. Islam means submit. They offer youI lslam, and the chance to submit, pay the tax (jiyza) or die. Congressional Rep. Allen … more ›