Sun City event to Commemorate 9/11 Sacrafices

Sun City event to commemorate 9/11 sacrifices
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Published Wednesday, August 23, 2006
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BLUFFTON -- The public is invited to an event to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, which will be held at Sun City Hilton Head.

Sun City residents and guests from Bluffton and Hardeeville will gather Monday, Sept. 11, to remember those who were lost and to honor those who reached out to help others. The program will be held at the site of the 9/11 Memorial from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in Pinckney Parking Lot across from the Purrysburg Fitness Center in Town Square.

Highlights of the event are as follows:
• Al Reuben, president of the Sun City Community Association board of directors, will be master of ceremonies.

• The Sun City Veterans Association's honor guard will present the colors.

• Richard McCollum, chairman of the Interclub Council, will lead the pledge of allegiance.

• The Sun City Singers will offer selections of patriotic music including the national anthem.

• Bagpiper David Crampton will perform inspirational pieces throughout the program.

• Joe Fragale, chaplain of the Veterans Association, will deliver the invocation.

• Neighborhood representatives will place flags around the memorial.

• Bob Taylor of the Sun City Community Theatre will read a selection that honors our country and its heritage of freedom.

• Brian Lamkin, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Columbia, will be the keynote speaker. His subject will be terrorism and its effect on all of us.

• At the conclusion of the program, resident community association board members Jo Stephey and Bob Hooper will make a presentation to the association to be housed in a place of honor in Pinckney Hall.