The 蜜桃传媒 Conservatives Club honors the people killed Sept. 11, 2001, with a display of 1,500 American flags on Kerrwood Lawn, one for every two people who died that fateful day. The club invites the college and the local community to attend a time of remembrance and commemoration at 6 p.m. today on the lawn.
鈥淐ollege students can easily get caught up doing homework and forget the significance of the day,鈥� says Maggie Heenan, WCC treasurer. 鈥淧utting out those flags is a long and time-consuming process, but it really serves to burn into our brains what each flag represents.鈥�
Among the 1,500 American flags are 115 white flags that represent the number of countries that also experienced loss in the 9/11 attacks.
鈥淯nrepresented by flags are the countless number of friends and family members whose lives are forever marked by that day,鈥� says Cassandra M. Joiner, WCC president. 鈥淲e can鈥檛 bring back the loved ones lost, but we can share in and preserve their memory.鈥�
At this evening鈥檚 commemoration, Joiner and Heenan will lead a time of prayer and contemplation and 蜜桃传媒 junior Celestina Ripley will lead in singing of 鈥淎mazing Grace.鈥� The remembrance will include a period of silence at 6:11 p.m. A book containing the names of all the 9/11 victims will be on a podium near the flags and available for students to look through. Joiner says each person at the commemoration will be given a card with the name of a victim鈥檚 family to be remembered in prayer.