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Greenville Students
observe 16th anniversary of 9-11 attack
GREENVILLE – On Monday, Sept. 11, a thousand students gathered outside,
at the back of the new Greenville Elementary and Middle School, to
observe the 16th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the
United States.
Students were told about the planes that flew into the World Trade
Centers in New York, the Pentagon in Northern Virginia and the one that
crashed in Shanksville, Penn. As has been the tradition since the
beginning of the observances, local first responders were honored for
their service to the community.
Greenville Junior High Principal Chris Mortenson said this memorial
ceremony had been observed by junior high students from the first year
following the attacks. He said in 2016 he hoped to be able to involve
Greenville intermediate (fifth and sixth) grade students once they were
in the new building in 2017.
Over the years, fewer and fewer students were actually alive when the
attacks took place. For the past three or four years, no student had
been born at the time. He said he wanted to make sure they understood
and remembered.
The 2017 ceremony involved all grades, K-8, at the new Greenville
facility.
See the complete photo set at Community Events Photo Gallery
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