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Massachusetts 9/11 Fund Hosts Commemoration on 23rd Anniversary of Terrorist Attacks
Ceremonies to Start on Massachusetts State House Front Steps at the Ashburton Park Entrance
**NOTE: Media must check-in at registration and show press credentials for admission**
BOSTON, MA – On the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund will host the state’s official Annual Commemoration to pay tribute to the victims who perished on that tragic day, especially those with ties to Massachusetts.
The commemoration services will be live-streamed in their entirety for the public through the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund’s website at:
https://massfund.org/annual-commemoration-2024/
The annual commemoration services begin at 8:30 a.m. on the Massachusetts State House Front Steps at the Ashburton Park entrance. The ceremonies will start with a moment of silence and the reading of the names of the 206 victims of the attacks who were Massachusetts residents or had ties to Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey will preside over the reading of the names, with other readers include Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Massachusetts General Inspector Jeffrey Shapiro, and select members of Massachusetts families who lost their loved ones on that heartbreaking day.
The Name Reading ceremony will be followed by a formal commemoration held in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Chambers. This event will be presided over by Speaker Pro Tempore of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Kate Hogan and feature speeches by Keynote Speaker Deborah Rivlin, the Director of Education and Training at The Children’s Room Center for Grieving Children and Teenagers; Teresa Mathai of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund’s Family Advisory Council; and a video tribute titled “Our Community of Care.”
The House ceremonies will also include the presentation of the Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery by Lt. Gov. Driscoll.
Following the commemoration, Mayor Wu will preside over a wreath-laying ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. at the Massachusetts 9/11 Garden of Remembrance in the Boston Public Garden.
Commemorative ceremonies at the Statehouse are by invitation only. However, the media is welcome and encouraged to attend all portions of the commemoration, with interviews arranged at request by contacting Zoe Leven at zleven@fmproductions.com or 914-505-0923.
ABOUT THE MASSACHUSETTS 9/11 FUND
The Massachusetts 9/11 Fund is a non-profit corporation devoted to supporting families with ties to Massachusetts who lost loved ones in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and ensuring that those lost on 9/11 are not forgotten.
Our mission is to commemorate, educate and remember. Our activities include sustaining ties within the local 9/11 community, coordinating the annual commemoration of the anniversary in cooperation with the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, providing oversight and funding for maintaining the 9/11 memorial and contemplative garden in the Boston Public Garden, engaging in community service in the names of lost loved ones, and educating the public about the victims and effects of the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
The Fund is governed by a community Board of Directors, which maintains an active and ongoing dialog with the 9/11 Fund’s Family Advisory Committee.