Livingston To Hold 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony For 2025

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston will hold its annual 9/11 Ceremony of Remembrance for 2025 on Thursday, Sept. 11.

The ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. at the 9/11 Living Memorial Garden located on the Livingston Memorial Oval. Parking will be available at St. Philomena’s Church, 386 South Livingston Avenue. The public is invited to attend.

The event honors the lives of the seven Livingston residents whose lives were taken in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers in 2001:

• Luke A. Dudek
• Jeffrey Brian Gardner
• Donald Thomas Jones II
• Ming-Hao Liu
• Joseph P. McDonald
• John M. Pocher
• Kenneth Albert Zelman

According to a news release from the township, the annual ceremony offers a chance to reflect on the tragedy that happened – and how it continues to affect Livingston residents to this day:

“While the attacks themselves occurred 24 years ago, their consequences are still felt each day. America has made important gains in security since 2001. However, some of those gains have come at the cost of personal freedom, as demonstrated by the heavy screenings and regulations implemented at airports and experienced upon entering many public buildings. Every day, the families and friends of those taken on 9/11 mourn the loss of their loved ones and all their lives could have been.”

For more information, contact 973-535-7925, ext. #7204 or visit the township website at livingstonnj.org/9-11-Memorial

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