9/11 ceremony today at Veterans Park

The city will observe the 17th anniversary of 9/11 with a Remembrance Ceremony to honor the 2,983 men, women and children killed in the attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and aboard United Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania. The ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. at Veterans Park, 411 N. Federal Highway. Parking is available at the park. For those who cannot attend, the ceremony will be live streamed on Facebook @boynton beachcity.

The Posting of Colors by the Boynton Beach Fire Rescue and Police Departments will open the ceremony, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by safety patrols from Poinciana Elementary School; a special performance of the national anthem by Donna Singer, member of the Gold Coast Band; an invocation by Fire Rescue Department Chaplain Brannon; and a welcome by Fire Chief Glenn Joseph.

Speakers will include World War II veteran Tom Kaiser, Mayor Steven B. Grant and Boynton Beach Police Capt. Paul Deale. A moment of silence will take place at 9:59 a.m., the moment when the south tower at the World Trade Center collapsed. A wreath will be placed in front of the 9/11 Memorial installed in 2011. The ceremony will conclude with a three-volley salute by the police department, a bugle taps solo by Jim Fader and a benediction, and closing remarks by Police Chief Michael Gregory.

Tuesday evening, the city’s water tower will be lit in red, white and blue in remembrance.

For more information, visit boynton-beach.org