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[PAST EVENT] 9/11 20th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony

September 11, 2021
8:30am - 8:45am
Location
Sunken Garden

Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
  • Open to the public
Cadets post the memorial wreath at the head of the sunken gardens.

Join William & Mary's Student Veterans and the Department of Military Science for a small ceremony to commemorate the 9/11 attacks and W&M alumni who have given their lives fighting in the war on terror. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 am at the Wren side of the Sunken Garden. Included will be a speech from LTC Finch, head of the military science department, an invocation from Father Pacella, ROTC Chaplain, and the posting of a memorial wreath at the head of the Sunken Garden. The Wren bell will ring at 8:46 am to commemorate flight 11's crash into the North Tower, and again at 10:26 am to remember the fall of the North Tower.