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September 10, 2007

Services to mark 6th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

A number of planning memorial services will be held around Rhode Island tomorrow to mark the six-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

From the Capital City to Exeter to Newport, state and municipal officials will gather with friends and family of victims for remembrance ceremonies. The attacks also claimed the lives of some Rhode Islanders.

The day will begin in Providence with a wreath-laying ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in the Bell Area of the State House led by Governor Carcieri. Carcieri will be joined by members of victims' families. Participants will include the Reverend Doctor Donald C. Anderson of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches, Rabbi Sarah Mack of Temple Beth-El, and Lisa Starr, Rhode Island Poet Laureate.

Following the ceremony, Rhode Island for Community and Justice is sponsoring a walk from the State House to the Wall of Hope at WaterPlace Park.

At noon, a ceremony will be held for the victims of the attacks and for people working to fight terrorism at the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery in Exeter.

At the same time in Newport, the Naval War College will hold its own ceremony to honor Pentagon officials who were victims of the attacks. The ceremony will specifically honor the three Naval War College students and seven alumni who were killed that morning. Family members, local dignitaries and members of the Newport Naval community will attend.

Later in the evening, the state’s Green Party will gather for a roundtable discussion on security in the 21st century, at 7 p.m. in the rotunda at the Community College of Rhode Island campus at One Hilton St. in Providence. The event is free and open to the public.

This week, the College Republican Federation of Rhode Island says it will host events including flag display memorials, prayer vigils and speakers on campuses throughout Rhode Island.

Tomorrow, the University of Rhode Island College Republicans are co-sponsoring a memorial on the Kingston campus quadrangle, with the Student Senate and other organizations.

Both Brown University and Providence College CR's are displaying flags on their quads this week and are later hosting vigils.

From Sept. 11-13 the Roger Williams University College Republicans are co-sponsoring with Student Senate a display of over 3,000 American flags on the quad between the Arch building and the Commons.

Each flag is representative of a life lost on Sept. 11. On Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Marine and Natural Sciences Room 200, survivor Earl C. Johnson gives a talk entitled, "Stairwell to Heaven: A 9/11 World Trade Center Survivor's Story."

Extra: Local victims of September 11th

From The Journal's archives: Click through a gallery memorializing local victims

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