ANNUAL COMMEMORATION 2024

September 11, 2024 Commemoration

8:30AM | Moment of Silence and Reading of Names
Front Steps of the Massachusetts State House

WelcomeKarin Giansanti, MA 9/11 Fund Family Advisory Committee Chair

”To Where You Are” by Josh Groban

Governor Maura Healey, presiding

American Flag Presentation 
‘Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key performed by Boston Fire Department Acapella Group

The Flag will be presented in honor of those who died on September 11, 2001
Massachusetts Environmental Police Color Guard

Taps
LTC (Ret) Samuel Poulten

 

8:46 AM | Moment of Silence

”We Remember Them” – Diane Hunt

Reading of the Names for our Family Members and Friends
Readers:
Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, Mayor Michelle Wu, Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro, Pat and Bob Hoban, Pamela Hayes, Joyce Ng and Sicilia Ng-Packard, Diane Hunt, Elena Salinas (Manager Inflight Operations American Airlines) Teresa Mathai, Captain Brad Nordgren (Chief Pilot of American Airlines), Lisa Morales, Barbara Bowen (Flight Attendant American Airlines), Karin Giansanti.

Bell Ringing – Sicilia Ng-Packard

Please note: names are read in alphabetical order with the exception of the relatives of the readers.

9:40AM | Commemoration Observance & Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery Presentation
Massachusetts State House Chamber of the House of Representatives

The Pledge of Allegiance

Welcome – Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, Kate Hogan

Family Emcee – Teresa Mathai

Musical Performance by the Andover Choral Society

Video of Keynote Speaker, Deborah Rivlin, and Community of Care Video

Poem – Pat Hoban

“We Remember Them” Video Tribute

The 2024 Madeline ”Amy” Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery
Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Benediction – Father Jack Graham

Musical Performance by the Andover Choral Society

Closing Remarks
Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, Kate Hogan. Sign Language interpretation provided by the MA Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

 

1:30PM | Wreath Laying Ceremony – Boston Public Garden, 9/11 Contemplative Garden

Mayor Michelle Wu, presiding

Laying the Wreath with Mayor Wu, Pat and Bob Hoban

EmceeKarin Giansanti

Bagpipes from Boston Police Gaelic Column

”God Bless America” by Irving Berlin – performed by Boston Police Officer Steve McNulty

 

 

8:00AM Massachusetts State House Steps for the Name Reading and Ceremonial and Lowering of the Flag. Governor Maura Healey presiding.

9:30AM Massachusetts State House Chamber for the Commemoration observation presentation of the Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery and remarks. Massachusetts Speaker of the House Pro Tempore Kate Hogan presiding.