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Joliet holds 9/11 service on Sunday

Remembrance Ceremony starts at 9 a.m.

September 09, 2022 at 12:54 pm CDT

About 100 members from the community gathered at the Will County courthouse on Saturday for a remembrance ceremony in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. A combined honor guard from Joliet’s police and fire departments presented and lowered the colors. — A combined honor guard from the Joliet police and fire departments presented and lowered colors at a 2021 ceremony in memory of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and those who died. (Denise Unland)

The Honor Guards for the Joliet Fire Department and Joliet Police Department will conduct a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Sunday.

The public is invited to the ceremony, which will be at 9 a.m. in front of the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home at 3200 Essington Road in Joliet.

“All area firefighters, police officers, retirees, families, and public are welcome to attend,” the city of Joliet said in a news release announcing the ceremony to remember those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.

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