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9/11 MEMORIAL SERVICES SET

By John T. Ward

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September 9th, 2013 @ 10am

Below are details about local memorial services planned to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Fair Haven

Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.

Patriot Day observation, Memorial Park, River Road and Fair Haven Road.

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Middletown

Wednesday, 8:46 a.m.

Members of the Middletown Township Committee will pay a silent tribute to the 37 residents who died in the World Trade Center tragedy with a wreath-laying at the Middletown World Trade Center Memorial Gardens, 36 Church Street, on Tuesday, September 11th at 8:46 am. The time marks the start of the terrorist attacks 11 years ago when the first plane hit the towers.

Visitors are welcome at the gardens from dawn to dusk.

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Red Bank

Wednesday, 6 p.m.

Riverside Gardens Park, followed by a light repast next door at the Red Bank Elks Lodge #233, 40 West Front Street.

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Shrewsbury

Wednesday, 9 a.m.

Municipal Complex Gazebo, 419 Sycamore Avenue.

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