
Fire Department Chief Keith Gautreau at the September 11, 2022 Remembrance Ceremony at Ft. Allen Park on the Eastern Promenade.
The public is invited to attend the annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Monday, September 11, 2023 at 8:30 am at Fort Allen Park on the Eastern Promenade on Munjoy HIll.
City of Portland officials will be joined with the Portland Fire Department and the Portland Police Departmennt for the Remembrance Ceremony. Fire Chief Keith Gentreau and Police Chief Mark Dubois will participate in a wreath laying ceremony followed by a moment of silence at 8:46 pm that marks the 22nd anniversary of the terriorist attacks in this country.
Governor Janet T. Mills (D), the first woman governor of Maine and its first woman attorney general, has ordered that the US and State of Maine flags be lowered to half-staff statewide in honor of the victims and survivors of the terrorist attack on September 11th. This action is in accordance with a directive of President Joe Biden. Governor Mills issued the below statement:
“We pause to remember and honor the victims and survivors of the September 11 terroist attacks, including those from Maine, whose lives were cut short on that awful day. We also pay tribute to the service of the first responders whose actions saved the lives of many, and we remember, with great reverence and respect those heroes who gave their lives to save others. In these times of divisiveness, may we remember and recommit to the unity and shared purpose that guided us all through these difficult days and dark hours.”