FOR RELEASE:  September 18, 2023

East Windsor Township held a 9/11 ceremony including a wreath laying to remember the 22^nd Anniversary of 9/11 on Monday, September 11 at the East Windsor Municipal Building grounds, at the 9/11 Memorial.  East Windsor Township held and dedicated a 9/11 Memorial 30 days after the events of 9/11 and annually has honored and remembered this day.  East Windsor annually remembers Township residents Colleen Barkow, Lorraine Bay, Debbie Bellows, Anil Bharvaney, Neil Lai, Ruth Lapin as well as Joseph Pycior, and All Other Lost September 11, 2001.

Participants in the ceremony included:  East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 1;  East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 2;  Boy Scout Troops 6284 and 63;  Cub Scout Pack 53;  Girl Scout Troops;  Apollo Lodge #41;  Natalie Maldonado, East Windsor Regional School District, Hightstown High School;  East Windsor Regional School District, Hightstown High School Small Ensemble;  Rabbi Jay Kornsgold, Beth El Synagogue;  Reverend Stephen E. Bryant, Sr., St. James AME Church;  Reverend James R. Egan, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church;  Police Chief Jason Hart and Police Department, and Mayor Janice S. Mironov and elected officials.

A wreath laying ceremony at the East Windsor Township 9/11 memorial on the municipal building grounds took place during the Township community remembrance program. Pictured (from left to right) are: Chief Brian Foley, East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 2; Mayor Janice S. Mironov; Chief Gerald Laughlin, East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 and United States Air Force Veteran, East Windsor Police Lieutenant Ryan Mattek.

Local Boy Scout Troops 6284, 5700 and 59, Girl Scout Troops 70913 and 72965 and Cub Scout Pack 53 presented the colors at the East Windsor Township 9/11 remembrance ceremony.

Elected officials, clergy, police officers, fire company and rescue squad volunteers, school district, veterans and scouts participated in the ceremony at the East Windsor Township 9/11 memorial to remember and honor the anniversary of September 11. The ceremony took place at the existing 9/11 Memorial located on the grounds of the East Windsor Township Municipal Building (16 Lanning Boulevard).