DELMARVA– Communities across Delmarva are marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, from memorial blood drives to remembrance ceremonies featuring guest speakers.
Commemorations planned across the peninsula include:
- Ocean City Fire Department members, state and local leaders, survivors and more will gather at the boardwalk Firefighter Memorial for a ceremony starting at 8:45 a.m. State and local leaders, first responders, the Red Knights Motorcycle Club and other community members will take part, with the Parade of Brothers motorcycle ride down the boardwalk to follow at 10 a.m.
- Ocean View: VFW Post 7234 will host a memorial ceremony starting at 8:30 a.m. featuring a guest speaker who worked in New York on 9/11 -- and later served in the FBI. That will include an honor guard rifle volley, commemorative bell tolling and taps. Attendees are asked to arrive by 8 a.m.
- Smyrna: Citizens Hose Company will host Delaware Emergency Management Agency Director AJ Schall in a memorial event following a concert by the fire company's band at 6:30 p.m.
- Camden: VFW Post 8801 will take part in a Walk for Veterans starting 1 p.m. at Little Creek Fire Department -- walking to the Dover Probation and Parole Office.
- Dover Motor Speedway will host its annual 9/11 blood drive from 9 am to 4 pm -- with registration required. That also gives donors a chance to drive on the racetrack.
- Cambridge: American Legion Post 91 will partner with the Blood Bank of Delmarva to host a blood drive from noon to 5 pm.
- Salisbury Fire Department will host a ceremony including a memorial tree planting -- with 25 trees marking 25 years of remembrance.
- Georgetown: Cheer, Inc. will host a ceremony featuring survivor testimonies at 10 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 17.
- Bethany Beach: Operations SEAs the Day's police-escorted motorcade of wounded veterans' families will depart around 4:30 p.m. from Sea Colony Marketplace, parading down Route 1 to Fenwick Island then along Route 54 to the Freeman Arts Pavilion in Selbyville. Community members are encouraged to line the parade route in support.
- Millsboro Police will host a service at 10 a.m. with Mayor Robert Mckee speaking on his experience as a tunnel manager for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on 9/11.
- Milton: The Town will host a ceremony starting at 1 p.m. at Memorial Park. The Milton Fire Department will serve as a rain location, if necessary.
- Chincoteague: A remembrance ceremony is planned at Robert Reed Park starting at 6 p.m. The Community Center will serve as a rain location, if needed.
- Denton: The Caroline County Sheriff's Office will host a remembrance event at the County Courthouse starting at 8:30 a.m.
- Easton: Talbot County will host a remembrance ceremony at the Easton Branch of the Talbot County Free Library at 8:30 a.m.
