The American Legion District 5, VFW District 5, DAV, Muehlebach Funeral Care, Passantino Bros. Funeral Home, and the Catholic Cemeteries of Kansas City – St. Joseph announce the Annual Kansas City Remembrance Ceremony in honor of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The ceremony will include remarks from Mayor Quinton Lucas, Kansas City MO Deputy Police Chief Doug Niemeier and Barbara Haynes-Jenkins, sister of Denease Conley, 9/11 victim. Mark Alford, Fox 4 News, will be the Master of Ceremonies.
The public is invited to attend the ceremony, which will take place on Saturday, September 11, at the First Responder’s Memorial at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 7601 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, MO. The American Legion band will play from 5:30 – 6:00 p.m., and then the ceremony will begin at 6:00 p.m.
The ceremony will give the public an opportunity to honor the victims of 9/11 as well as show appreciation to our current first responders. “We will never forget.”
For those unable to attend in person, the ceremony will be livestreamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MuehlebachFuneralCare.