Union County's September 11th 10-Year Commemoration

The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders invites members of the public to attend a special ceremony to honor the memory of the 60 Union County residents killed in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the event. The ceremony will be held at the Union County September 11th Memorial in Echo Lake Park, in Mountainside, beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 11.

In conjunction with the ceremony, the New York Blood Center will conduct a blood drive near the Memorial from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Union County September 11th Memorial is located near the Springfield Avenue entrance of Echo Lake Park on the border of Mountainside and Springfield. The names of the 60 deceased Union County residents are etched into the memorial. The memorial also honors all those affected in the multiple attacks, through design elements that include two girders from the World Trade Center arranged within a five-sided area representing the Pentagon, and an Eternal Flame representing those who died in Pennsylvania.

In addition to the ceremony at the Memorial, Echo Lake Park will host a display of 343 American flags from Friday, Sept. 9 through Monday, Sept. 12. The display is sponsored by the Union County Fire Chiefs’ Association to memorialize the 343 New York City firefighters who perished at the World Trade Center, and to honor the legacy of service that all firefighters continue to practice.