Bridgewater To Host September 11th Remembrance Ceremony For 2025

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Bridgewater Township will be hosting a September 11th Remembrance Ceremony to honor the victims and heroes of the 2001 terrorist attacks on our country.

The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and take place at the Municipal Building at 100 Commons Way.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, residents are asked to help plant 2,977 flags to honor all those that lost their lives.

"We will never forget," according to the Township.

Bridgewater Township lost six residents during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Those residents include:

• Evan J. Baron, Bridgewater, World Trade Center
• Noel J. Foster, Bridgewater, World Trade Center
• Thomas H. Polhemus, Bridgewater, World Trade Center
• Ronald Tartaro, Bridgewater, World Trade Center
• Lance Richard Tumulty, Bridgewater, World Trade Center

Evan J. Baron, 38 - An energy futures specialist for Carr Future, Baron, 38, traveled around the country a lot, but always found time to spend time with his family. His love for golf never got in the way of his family time with his wife Jeannine and their two children, Ethan and Julia, according to Legacy.

Noel J. Foster, 40 - A vice president with Aon Corporation in the World Trade Center, Foster, 40, lagged behind the rest of those evacuating the building to help his collage with a broken leg get down the stairs. He is survived by his wife of 10 years, Nancy and his daughters, Megan and Nicole, according to Legacy.

Thomas H. Polhemus, 39 - A computer systems analyst and programmer for Accenture, he was working at a client site in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. He had a wife, Barbara, whom he loved utterly, according to Legacy.

Ronald Tartaro, 38 - An executive vice president at Fred Alger Management in the World Trade Center, Tartaro, 39, and his wife Karen were avid tandem bike riders. The couple would often bring their three children along with them on bike rides, according to Legacy.

Lance Richard Tumulty, 32 - A manager of distressed trading operations for Eurobrokers Inc. in the World Trade Center, Tumulty, 32, was captain of the Matawan High School football team before he graduated in 1987. “He was never in a bad mood,” His mother, Diane Tumulty, told the Star Ledger. Tumulty is survived by his wife of seven years, Cynthia and his daughters, Sara and Caroline. Read More: Bridgewater Widow Turns 9/11 Tragedy Into A Positive Lesson

Alison Marie Wildman, 30 - She loved her job as a stockbroker and enjoyed working on the 92nd floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. She is survived by her parents and three brothers, Arthur, Robert and Richard, a sister, Jill Saladino, and her grandmother Beatrice Wildman of Manchester, N.H., according to Legacy.

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