The Otero County Fire Fighters Association will hold their annual September 11thMemorial Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 at the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo. The ceremony will be held in the Museum’s upper parking lot or, in the case of inclement weather, on the Museum’s patio.
The ceremony begins at 7:30 pm with a parade of fire apparatus from the Otero County Fairgrounds up Indian Wells Road to the New Mexico Museum of Space History. Once at the Museum, the ceremony continues with a slide show starting at 8:00 pm. The ceremony is free to the public.
The evening’s Memorial Program will include a fire and police turnout ceremony, candle lighting and the symbolic lighting of the twin towers on the museum building. The keynote speaker for the evening is Archie Koenemund, retired NYC Deputy Chief Fire Inspector who responded to the tragedy on Sept. 11, 2001.
The Memorial Ceremony is free to the public. Parking will be in the lot just above the IMAX Theater.
The public is invited to join in this solemn affair to commemorate the events on this day in 2001 when America and freedom were attacked on our home soil and so many heroes; fire, police and civilian alike came together to save tens of thousands of lives.
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