Memorial observance planned for 10-year anniversary of September 11, 2001
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The Highland County Press
There will be a 10th anniversary commemoration on the 9/11 terrorist attacks from noon-2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 on the Highland County Courthouse lawn.
Shane Montgomery, pastor of the Grace Bible Church in Hillsboro, is the county coordinator, in conjunction with the Awakening America Alliance. The alliance is a "cooperative initiative within the body of Christ to increase awareness of the deep spiritual need in today’s America and to pursue a new Christ awakening in our nation that will impact our world," according its website, www.awakeningamerica.us.
According to Montgomery, last year approximately 30 Ohio counties held observances on Sept. 11. "We would like to see all 88 counties in Ohio participate," Montgomery said.
The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners and intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.
Hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.
The death toll of the attacks was 2,996, including the 19 hijackers.
At last year's 9/11 observance, Montgomery spoke of the need for a "spiritual renewal" across America.
"We have an internal crisis, a moral crisis in America," the pastor said. "Our Founding Fathers believed in God. They trusted in themselves, their families, their friends and their church. We need to take our faith seriously. We can't give up."
Former Highland County Clerk of Courts Paulette Donley was one of last year's guest speakers. She noted the memorial service was held on "almost hallowed ground," where the historic Highland County Courthouse, built in 1832, still stands in use as a county courthouse.
"We have to be the keepers of the faith our forefathers had," Donley said. "That faith, that liberty, that cause for freedom, and this includes our heavenly Father's son, Jesus. We should not forget the victims of Sept. 11. We must not forget."
Donley spoke of the bravery of the passengers on Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania, the innocent children who perished in daycare centers at the World Trade Center, and the heroic first responders who were called to the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and to Shanksville, Pa.
"We need grass-roots organizations like this that give us pause to think if for only a moment," Donley said. "It makes you proud to be an American knowing of all the sacrifices made on Sept. 11."
Pastor Montgomery invites the community to the 10-year anniversary service at noon Sunday, Sept. 11 at the Highland County Courthouse.[[In-content Ad]]
There will be a 10th anniversary commemoration on the 9/11 terrorist attacks from noon-2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 on the Highland County Courthouse lawn.
Shane Montgomery, pastor of the Grace Bible Church in Hillsboro, is the county coordinator, in conjunction with the Awakening America Alliance. The alliance is a "cooperative initiative within the body of Christ to increase awareness of the deep spiritual need in today’s America and to pursue a new Christ awakening in our nation that will impact our world," according its website, www.awakeningamerica.us.
According to Montgomery, last year approximately 30 Ohio counties held observances on Sept. 11. "We would like to see all 88 counties in Ohio participate," Montgomery said.
The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners and intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.
Hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.
The death toll of the attacks was 2,996, including the 19 hijackers.
At last year's 9/11 observance, Montgomery spoke of the need for a "spiritual renewal" across America.
"We have an internal crisis, a moral crisis in America," the pastor said. "Our Founding Fathers believed in God. They trusted in themselves, their families, their friends and their church. We need to take our faith seriously. We can't give up."
Former Highland County Clerk of Courts Paulette Donley was one of last year's guest speakers. She noted the memorial service was held on "almost hallowed ground," where the historic Highland County Courthouse, built in 1832, still stands in use as a county courthouse.
"We have to be the keepers of the faith our forefathers had," Donley said. "That faith, that liberty, that cause for freedom, and this includes our heavenly Father's son, Jesus. We should not forget the victims of Sept. 11. We must not forget."
Donley spoke of the bravery of the passengers on Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania, the innocent children who perished in daycare centers at the World Trade Center, and the heroic first responders who were called to the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and to Shanksville, Pa.
"We need grass-roots organizations like this that give us pause to think if for only a moment," Donley said. "It makes you proud to be an American knowing of all the sacrifices made on Sept. 11."
Pastor Montgomery invites the community to the 10-year anniversary service at noon Sunday, Sept. 11 at the Highland County Courthouse.[[In-content Ad]]