9/11 Events at Sarasota National Cemetery
Sarasota National Cemetery is hosting several major events at Patriot Plaza to mark the 25th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
A 9/11 formal Memorial Mass will take place at 1 p.m. This will be conducted and coordinated by the Knights of Columbus Color Corps.
Then a 25-Year Commemoration Concert and Service will be from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Attendees can arrive before 4:55 p.m. to place items on the Fallen Photo Gallery.
Carolyn Mason, then-mayor of Sarasota, welcomed the president to the city as he arrives Sept. 10, 2001. She will read a letter the president sent her apologizing for having to leave abruptly after the attacks on the World Trade Center.
The service will include a professional musical ensemble, first responder rites of passage and a clergy procession. The Tolling of the Bell: Guests can choose to "adopt" a victim's name online in advance and stand to read it aloud during the tolling. Also, special minted commemorative coins will be distributed to attending Veterans, first responders and survivors.
