PARSIPPANY — Mayor Pulkit Desai, Township officials, and the Parsippany Interfaith Council will hold a remembrance ceremony Friday, September 11, marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The ceremony will take place at the 9/11 memorial monument site in front of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Municipal Building, beginning at 8:40 a.m. Residents are invited to join Township officials and clergy in remembering those who perished that day.
The gathering will include prayers of commemoration led by members of the local clergy, followed by the presentation of a ceremonial wreath by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The ceremony will conclude with the reading of the names of Parsippany’s fallen residents and a period of silent reflection.
The ceremony is held in dedicated memory of Parsippany residents Martin Boryczewski, Antoinette Duger, Jason Kyle Jacobs, Michael Pescherine, Thomas H. Polhemus, Maria Theresa Santillan, and Michael C. Sorresse.
The ceremony will be held rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, it will be moved indoors to the Council Chambers at the Municipal Building.
