9/11 Memorial Garden, Beaumont Botanical Gardens at Tyrrell Park
Along with the rest of the world, residents of Southeast Texas will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America with a variety of activities.
The following are some of the area ceremonies:
Friday, Sept. 8
11 a.m.-2 p.m., Lunch at 11:30 a.m.
Fire Station No. 1, 747 College St.
Sponsored by LIfeShare Blood Centers and HEB
Blood Drive, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Contact: 409-880-3931
Sunday, Sept. 11
4-6 p.m.
9/11 Memorial Garden, Beaumont Botanical Gardens at Tyrrell Park
6088 Babe Zaharias Drive
Sponsored by city of Beaumont and Beaumont Council of Garden Clubs
Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames will officiate
Contact Barbara Otto, 409-880-3736
The Chamber Opera Association of Southeast Texas
7 p.m.
Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music at Lamar University, Rothwell Recital Hall
A concert of remembrance and consolation combined with images,
letters and footage of the tragedy of 9/11.