The City of Appleton will participate in a week-long vigil before America’s tribute to fallen firefighters.
Every October, fallen fire service heroes are honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park, located on the campus of the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend is the official national tribute to those firefighters who died in the line of duty during the previous year.
This year’s Memorial Weekend was scheduled for October 3-4, but due to the coronavirus, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation has decided to hold a virtual service on Sunday, October 4.
Then, 82 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2019 and 21 firefighters who died in previous years will be remembered during America’s Tribute to Fallen Firefighters online at 9 a.m. CT.