Mt. Prospect 9/11 remembrance at 11 a.m. Sunday

Ten years after the events of Sept. 11, 2001, citizens of Mount Prospect will come together in a commemoration ceremony to honor the victims who lost their lives on that day.

The Village of Mount Prospect will host a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, on the Village Green at Village Hall, 50 S. Emerson St.

The program will include remarks from Mayor Irvana Wilks, state Rep. David Harris, Fire Chief John Malcolm and a representative of the Mount Prospect Police Department.

The village’s police and fire chaplain, the Rev. Russ Bechtold of Northwest Assembly of God Church, will give the invocation and the Prospect High School Honors Choir will perform the song “In Remembrance” by Jeffery L. Ames.

At noon, the village will participate in “Stop and Remember,” which asks everyone to cease all regular activity for one minute to honor the victims of Sept. 11, as bells and sirens ring out. The Village will conduct a bell ceremony at that time and will sound sirens for one minute.

Businesses, houses of worship, railways and others are called on to ring bells and sound sirens as we observe this Moment of Remembrance.