Batavia needs help with 9/11 luminaria rite
Posted September 08, 2011 11:00 pm
Volunteers are needed to prepare nearly 3,000 luminarias Sunday afternoon for Batavia's 9/11 memorial ceremony.
The event will take place at the Riverwalk, Houston Street and Island Avenue.
It is organized by Batavia ACCESS and the Batavia Fire Department.
There will be a brief ceremony at the Peg Bond Center at 7:30 p.m., followed by the lighting of the luminarias.
Each luminaria will contain the name of a person who died in the attacks on the United States Sept. 11, 2001. The fire department is making a special tribute to honor all the public safety workers killed as a result of the attacks. They will conduct a bell ceremony, typically done when firefighters die on the job.
Volunteers will start assembling and placing the luminarias at 3 p.m.
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