June 03, 2025
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9/11 victims remembered at Lake in the Hills American Legion memorial gathering

Event one of many held Sunday to mark anniversary of 2001 terrorist attacks

By Janelle Walker
Mark Coleman surrounded by firefighters and Boy Scouts, sings the “National Anthem” during a Sept. 11, Memorial Ceremony, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at the American Legion Post 1231, serving Lake in the Hills and Algonquin, at 1101 W. Algonquin Road in Lake in the Hills. The ceremony included a minute of silence at 10:01 a.m., a 21-gun salute and taps.

Mark Coleman surrounded by firefighters and Boy Scouts, sings the “National Anthem” during a 9/11 Memorial Ceremony, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at the American Legion Post 1231, serving Lake in the Hills and Algonquin, at 1101 W. Algonquin Road in Lake in the Hills. The ceremony included a minute of silence at 10:01 a.m., a 21-gun salute and taps. (Gregory Shaver - gshaver@shawmedia.com/Gregory Shaver Shaw Media )

Sarah Alich was not in the military, but the Crystal Lake woman attends the Lake in the Hills American Legion’s Sept. 11 event every year.

“It means a lot” to veterans, firefighters and police officers to remember the day, Alich said. “It changed the whole country.”