Marlboro To Host Patriot Day Ceremony On Sept. 11

MARLBORO, NJ — The Marlboro Patriot Day Ceremony will take place on Monday, Sept. 11, at the Marlboro 9/11 Memorial.

The wreath-laying ceremony will honor the 14 Marlboro residents and all those who lost their lives on that day, the township says.

Mayor Jonathan Hornik invites all to join the event as the township pays tribute to the
Marlboro families who lost loved ones.

The ceremony begins promptly 8:30 a.m. and concludes at 9:15 a.m.

The memorial is located at Recreation Way, off Wyncrest Road, and is accessible from the parking lot of the Recreation Center.

Marlboro's 9/11 memorial includes a 12-foot steel “I” beam recovered from the World Trade Center, according to a history of the memorial on the township's website.

Elsewhere, the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners also invites everyone to attend its 9/11 memorial ceremony at 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11. It will be held on the top of Mount Mitchill in Atlantic Highlands.

The county will also present its Tribute of Lights this year. The lights will be illuminated from sunset to 11 p.m. on Sept. 11, rain or shine. The lights will be visible throughout Monmouth County and along the Raritan Bayshore.

The board earlier this year declared Monday, Sept. 11, 2023 a county holiday to honor the victims, first responders, volunteers and all who were affected by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Monmouth County lost 147 residents in the terrorist attacks, among the 2,977 people who were killed. More than 6,000 others were injured. Of the 2,977 fatalities, 2,753 were killed in the World Trade Center and the surrounding area, 184 at the Pentagon, and 40 in Pennsylvania after the crash of Flight 93. These deaths included 265 on the four planes used in the attacks.

The attacks by the 19 hijackers, who also died that day, remain the deadliest terrorist act in world history.