The 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks will be remembered at memorials across Long Island, home to about 500 of the nearly 3,000 victims killed in the World Trade Center.
Vigils large and small will be held at local 9/11 memorial sites and other venues leading up to Saturday and throughout the weekend.
What follows are more than a dozen events planned across Nassau and Suffolk counties:
TOWN OF OYSTER BAY (SOUTH)
Wall of Honor 9/11 Memorial at Tobay Beach. For more information, please contact the Town’s Department of Community & Youth Services at 516-797-7900. 7 p.m. Sept. 9.
TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
Town Park Point Lookout, Lido Boulevard (intersection of Loop Parkway and Lido Boulevard), Point Lookout. For more information, visit hempsteadny.gov. 7:30 a.m. Sept. 11.
SOUTHAMPTON
Southampton Fire Department, 470 Hampton Rd., Southampton. For more information, visit southamptonfd.org/20years.html. 8 a.m. Sept. 11.
TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD
Manhasset Valley Park, 461 Maple St. (East Shore Road and Northern Boulevard), Manhasset. If you have any questions, call the Office of the Town Clerk at 516-869-7610. 8:15 a.m. Sept. 11.
FLANDERS
Flanders Memorial Park, 1459 Flanders Road, east of the Big Duck. 8:30 a.m., Sept. 11.
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Southold Town Rec Center, 970 Peconic Lane in Peconic, for silent vigil to Jean Cochran Park, also on Peconic Lane, where memorial service begins at 9:59 a.m. Screening of Girl Scouts film Ripples to follow in the Rec Center at 11 a.m. Local firefighters will lay a wreath and say a prayer in Jean Cochran Park at 6 p.m. 9:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., Sept 11.
TOWN OF RIVERHEAD
World Trade Center Memorial Park, corner of Riley and Edwards Avenue, Calverton. For more information, call 631-727-3200 ext. 655 or visit townofriverheadny.gov. 10 a.m. Sept. 11.
MASTIC
Mastic Fire Department, 1080 Mastic Rd., Mastic. For more information, visit masticfiredept.com. 10 a.m. Sept. 11.
TOWN OF ISLIP
Veterans Memorial Park, Islip Town Hall, 655 Main St., Islip. For more information, visit islipny.gov. 11 a.m. Sept. 11.
CITY OF GLEN COVE
Morgan Memorial Park, Germaine Street, Glen Cove. To learn more, call 516-676-2004 or visit glencoveny.gov. Noon Sept. 11.
TOWN OF OYSTER BAY (NORTH)
Western Waterfront, West End Ave., Oyster Bay. For more information, visit facebook.com/events. 6 p.m. Sept. 11.
TOWN OF BABYLON
9/11 Hometown Memorial Site, between Overlook and Cedar Beach, Ocean Parkway, Babylon. To learn more, visit townofbabylon.com. 6 p.m. Sept. 11.
EAST HAMPTON
East Hampton Town Chiefs Association will hold their annual ceremony at Hook Mill Green off Pantigo Road. 6 p.m., Sept. 11.
VILLAGE OF LYNBROOK
Village Hall, Memorial Garden, 1 Columbus Dr., Lynbrook. For more information, call 516-599-8300. 8 p.m. Sept. 11.
TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
9/11 Memorial at Heckscher Park, Main. Street & Prime Avenue, Huntington. To learn more, visit huntingtonny.gov, email [email protected], or call 631-351-3012. Noon Sept. 12.
VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST
Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park, 257 Cedarhurst Ave., Cedarhurst. For more information, visit cedarhurst.gov. 4:30 p.m. Sept. 12.
VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE
Village Green, corner of Lee and Maple Avenue, Rockville Centre. For more information, visit rvcny.gov. 6:30 p.m. Sept. 12.
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