🇺🇸 WATCH | 2026 Grand Traverse 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony For those who were unable to join us this morning, we are pleased to share the full video of today’s 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Grand Traverse 9/11 Memorial Park. During our original Facebook livestream, we experienced a technical issue that caused us to lose audio early in the ceremony. Thankfully, we had a backup audio recording and were able to combine it with the video so the ceremony can now be viewed and heard in its entirety. We hope you’ll take some time to watch. Hear Liliana Sosa Dunn’s beautiful renditions of America the Beautiful and The Star-Spangled Banner, experience Grand Traverse Pipes & Drums performing Amazing Grace, and listen to Grand Traverse County Administrator Nate Alger’s keynote address, including his reminder that “Never Forget” means not only remembering September 11, but remembering who we were on September 12: we were together. Watch the full ceremony here: https://gtmetrofire.org/about/gt-9-11-memorial/ Thank you again to everyone who joined us, participated in the ceremony, or took time today to pause and remember. Twenty-five years later, we continue to tell the story. We continue to remember together. 🇺🇸 Never Forget.
🇺🇸 25 Years Later, We Remembered Together. Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning at the Grand Traverse 9/11 Memorial Park. We could not have asked for a more beautiful morning to gather as a community, remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and honor the courage, sacrifice and service of so many. Our sincere thanks to everyone who helped make this morning meaningful. Liliana Sosa Dunn captivated those gathered with her beautiful renditions of America the Beautiful and The Star-Spangled Banner. Grand Traverse Pipes & Drums accompanied our Honor Guard during the flag ceremony and later filled the park with the unmistakable sound of Amazing Grace. We are grateful to Scouting America for joining our Honor Guard and to the Traverse City Salvation Army for welcoming our guests with coffee and doughnuts. Our keynote speaker, Grand Traverse County Administrator Nate Alger, reminded us that “Never Forget” asks more of us than remembering what happened on September 11. It also means remembering who we were on September 12: hurt, angry and afraid, but together. And with an entire generation now knowing September 11 only as history, those who remember have a responsibility to continue telling the story. As Nate reminded us, service matters. Community matters. And how we treat one another matters. When difficult days come, we show up, we help, we serve and we take care of one another. A note about our livestream: Unfortunately, we experienced a technical issue and lost audio around the Pledge of Allegiance. We did, however, capture backup audio of the ceremony. We will combine that audio with the video and post the complete ceremony on our website. Once it is available, we will share it here on Facebook so those who could not attend can experience the ceremony in its entirety. To everyone who attended, participated, volunteered, watched from home or simply took a moment today to remember, thank you for honoring the promise. Twenty-five years later, we remember the lives taken, those who ran toward danger, those who served and sacrificed, and the way a wounded nation came together.
🇺🇸 Tomorrow Morning, We Remember. As you follow the path into the Grand Traverse 9/11 Memorial Park, you are approaching the heart of the memorial: a 3,100-pound steel floor support beam recovered from the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Grand Traverse Metro firefighters traveled to New York to retrieve the artifact in 2011, and it was permanently placed here the following year. Tomorrow morning, we invite you to walk this path with us. On the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, our community will gather here to remember the 2,977 lives lost, honor the first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice, and ensure that a new generation understands why we promised to Never Forget. Our keynote speaker will be Nate Alger, Grand Traverse County Administrator. Soloist Liliana Sosa Dunn will share her voice in remembrance, Scouting America will join the Grand Traverse Metro Honor Guard for the flag ceremony, and Grand Traverse Pipes & Drums will help us honor and remember through music. • Friday, September 11 • Ceremony begins at 8:30 AM • Grand Traverse 9/11 Memorial Park Come early and join us for coffee and doughnuts, generously provided by The Salvation Army Traverse City . If you cannot attend in person, we will livestream the ceremony here on the GTMESA Facebook page. Tomorrow, we gather. We remember. We honor. 🇺🇸 Never Forget.
🇺🇸 THIS FRIDAY | 25 Years Later, We Remember This Friday morning, we invite our community to join us at the Grand Traverse 9/11 Memorial Park as we gather to remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, honor those who answered the call, and reflect on a day that forever changed our nation. • Friday, September 11 • Ceremony begins at 8:30 AM Come a little early. The Salvation Army Traverse City will generously provide coffee and doughnuts before and during the ceremony. Unable to attend in person? We will livestream the ceremony right here on the GTMESA Facebook page. We hope you’ll join us, in person or online, as our community remembers together. 25 years later. #NeverForget 🇺🇸
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Every September 11th, we gather at the GT 9/11 Memorial Park to remember, to honor, and to reflect on a day that changed our nation forever. This year, we're honored to welcome Grand Traverse County Administrator Nate Alger as our keynote speaker. Nate's path to this moment is one built on service. Before becoming County Administrator in 2018, he spent more than two decades with the Grand Traverse Sheriff's Office, rising to Undersheriff along the way. That background in law enforcement, paired with his current role leading the county, made him a fitting voice to reflect on 9/11 and what it continues to mean for our community. Join us Friday, September 11 at 8:30 AM at the GT 9/11 Memorial Park, 897 Parsons Road, Traverse City, for our full ceremony. Nate's keynote address begins at approximately 8:39 AM, followed by a moment of silence, the 3-3-3 bell ceremony, and musical tributes from Grand Traverse Pipes & Drums and soloist Lili Sosa Dunn. The Salvation Army Traverse City will bring the coffee and doughnuts. If you're unable to join us in person, please watch the full ceremony live here on our Facebook page starting at 8:30 AM. We will #NeverForget. • Friday, September 11 • 8:30 AM • 897 Parsons Road, Traverse City, MI 49686
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