{"id":209574,"date":"2025-09-08T06:49:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/209574\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T06:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:49:45","slug":"never-forget-north-shore-communities-to-commemorate-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/209574\/","title":{"rendered":"NEVER FORGET: North Shore communities to commemorate 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Heidi Sutton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-208733 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/911-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"184\"  \/>Twenty-four years ago, the United States changed forever when hijacked jetliners crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>At Ground Zero in New York City, the traditional reading of names of each victim will begin at 8:30 a.m. this year at the 9\/11 Memorial Plaza and the following ceremonies will be held on the North Shore to honor the thousands of lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, a day that will live forever in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Centereach<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Centereach Fire Department, 9 South Washington Ave., Centereach invites the community to join them on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. for its annual 9\/11 Memorial Services and candle lighting ceremony. 631-588-8652<\/p>\n<p><b>Commack<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Commack School District will present A Night of Reflection in remembrance of 9\/11 at the Commack High School football field, 1 Scholar Lane, Commack on Sept. 11 at 6:30\u00a0 p.m. 631-912-2000.<\/p>\n<p><b>Coram<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Join the Coram Fire Department, 202 Middle Country Road, Coram for a remembrance ceremony on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. 631-732-5733<\/p>\n<p><b>East Northport<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The East Northport Fire Department, 1 Ninth Ave., East Northport will host a 9\/11 candlelight vigil memorial service with neighboring fire departments on Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. 631-261-0360\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Hauppauge<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u00a0 Suffolk County will host a 9\/11 Memorial Ceremony at Armed Forces Plaza, 100 H. Lee Dennison Building, Veterans Highway, on the north lawn at noon. 631-852-4855<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hauppauge Fire Department, 855 Wheeler Road, Hauppauge will host a Remembrance Ceremony at its 9\/11 Memorial on Sept 11 at 7 p.m. with local officials. 631-265-2499<\/p>\n<p><b>Huntington \u2013 This event has been moved indoors to Huntington Town Hall.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Town of Huntington officials will host a ceremony at the 9\/11 memorial at Heckscher Park at the corner of Prime Ave. and Main Street, Huntington on Sept. 7 at noon. 631-351-3012<\/p>\n<p><b>Mount Sinai<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Mt. Sinai Fire Department will host a 9\/11 memorial ceremony at its headquarters, 746 Mount Sinai-Coram Road, Mt. Sinai on Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. 631-473-2418<\/p>\n<p><b>Nesconset<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 9\/11 Responders Remembered Park, 316 Smithtown Blvd., Nesconset will host its annual memorial service and naming ceremony on Sept. 13 at 10 a.m. 631-807-9208<\/p>\n<p><b>Port Jefferson<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Port Jefferson Fire Department, 115 Maple Ave., Port Jefferson will hold a 9\/11 memorial service on Sept. 11 at 9 a.m. 631-473-8910<\/p>\n<p><b>Selden<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Selden Fire Department, 44 Woodmere Place will host a 9\/11 remembrance ceremony on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. 631-732-5570<\/p>\n<p><b>Setauket<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Setauket Fire Department will conduct a 9\/11 memorial ceremony at the Hook and Ladder Company 1, Station 3, 394 Nicolls Road, Setauket on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. followed by refreshments in the firehouse. Call 631-941-4900, ext. 1043<\/p>\n<p><b>Shoreham<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Rocky Point Fire Department and the Sound Beach Fire Department will hod a ceremony at the 9\/11 Community Memorial, at the corner of Route 25A and Tesla Street in Shoreham, on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. 631-744-4102<\/p>\n<p><b>Smithtown\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Town of Smithtown will hold a Remembrance ceremony at 9\/11 Memorial Park, located on Main Street (North Side) between Bank Street and Landing Avenue, Smithtown on Sept. 11 at 3 p.m. 631-360-7600<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Heidi Sutton Twenty-four years ago, the United States changed forever when hijacked jetliners crashed into the Twin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":209575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-209574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115167347726778662","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}