BATAVIA, Ohio — The Village of Batavia will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a remembrance ceremony Friday morning, including a flag lowering and a moment of silence, the village said in a Facebook post.
The ceremony is set for 8:46 a.m. — the moment the first hijacked jet struck the World Trade Center’s North Tower in 2001 — in front of the Village Office at 65 N. Second St., known locally as the Armory, according to the village. All are welcome to attend, the village said.
Nearly 3,000 people died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia and aboard four hijacked airliners, including United Flight 93, which crashed in a Pennsylvania field after passengers attempted to retake control from the hijackers.
The village asked residents attending Friday’s ceremony, and anyone who encounters a local firefighter, police officer or emergency medical provider this week, to take a moment to thank them for their service, according to the post.
The Armory building hosting Friday’s ceremony has its own history in local civic life. The Clermont County Historical Society recently moved its offices into the building, describing it as having been “adapted to host many functions, from local governance to live music” over the years. The society said it is digitizing its collection there, including ledger books from the Village of Batavia. Village Mayor C. Scott Runck leads the government that now operates out of the building.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the Village of Batavia.