The City of Appleton will hold a solemn procession and ceremony to honor the victims and first responders of the 9/11 attacks on Saturday.
“It’s a pretty jam-packed morning, really starting at 8:45. The ceremony should and before 10:00. We really hope that people can come to Appleton to unite and pay their respects,” said Appleton Parade Committee Chairperson Corey Otis. “We really want to pay respect to those who lost their lives, and we also want to honor the heroic acts that we saw in the days afterward, and really the years afterward… We promised that we would never forget 20 years ago, and we need to keep that promise.”
At 8:45 a.m., the time when the first plane hit the World Trade Center, the solemn procession will begin. The route is two blocks long: it begins at Fire Station #1, at the corner of Atlantic and Drew, and moves south on Drew Street to City Park.