Bayonne to Hold its Annual September 11 Interfaith Memorial Service and Candlelight Vigil

Bayonne to Hold its Annual September 11 Interfaith Memorial Service and Candlelight Vigil

The September 11 City of Bayonne Remembers Committee has announced that the annual Interfaith Memorial Service and Candlelight Vigil honoring the victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, will take place on Friday, September 11, at 7:00 p.m., at the 9-11 Memorial in Harbor View Memorial Park, at the former Military Ocean Terminal (MOT).  This event will take place on the 25th anniversary of the attacks of 2001. The service will also honor the victims of the attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. The memorial is located at the eastern end of the former MOT, which juts out into Upper New York Bay.

Members of the Bayonne Interfaith Clergy will offer prayers, readings, and reflections. Rev. Joseph Barbone, former Pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption Church, will serve as master of ceremonies. The participants will include Bayonne’s Interfaith Clergy, honor guards, Boy and Girl Scouts, the Bayonne Interfaith Inspirational Choir, and musicians and soloists representing Bayonne’s youth. A bagpiper will be among the musicians. Taps will be played at the end of the program.  Mayor Sharon Nadrowski will offer brief remarks.

https://www.bayonnenj.org/_Content/pdf/September-11-Story-2026.pdf

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