{"id":23129,"date":"2016-09-06T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=23129"},"modified":"2016-09-06T14:17:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T19:17:27","slug":"clarksville-911-ceremony-to-be-held-this-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2016\/09\/06\/clarksville-911-ceremony-to-be-held-this-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksville 9\/11 ceremony to be held this Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CityClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Clarksville Fire Rescue will present its annual community wide 9\/11 Ceremony at 6:00pm Sunday, September 11th at the city\u2019s main fire station, 802 Main Street. The public is invited.<\/p>\n

The ceremony honors the commitment and ultimate sacrifice of hundreds of New York City Firefighters who selflessly responded after the World Trade Center\u2019s twin towers were attacked by terrorists on September 11th, 2001.<\/p>\n

\"Clarksville<\/a>

Clarksville Remembers 9-11 Sunday<\/p><\/div>\n

The solemn event, marking the 15th anniversary of 9\/11, also recognizes local firefighters, first responders and their tens of thousands of colleagues across America who stand ready to help their fellow citizens when disaster strikes.<\/p>\n

Guest speakers will be Clarksville Fire Chief Mike Roberts, Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan, and Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett. Family members of three fallen local firefighters \u2013 Firefighter Claude B. Walker, 1960; Capt. George \u201cPen\u201d Wilson, 1967; and Engineer Ray Harrison, 1981 — will place flowers in their honor during the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Here is the full agenda for Sunday\u2019s ceremony<\/h3>\n

Welcome<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deputy Chief Ray Williams<\/p>\n

Posting of the Colors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Honor Guards representing Clarksville Fire Rescue, Clarksville Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Fort Campbell Fire Department, and Hopkinsville Fire Department<\/p>\n

Opening Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chaplain Martinez, CPD<\/p>\n

National Anthem<\/strong><\/p>\n

West Creek High School under the Direction of Blake Gority, Choir Director<\/p>\n

Moment of Silence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Placement of Memorial Wreath<\/strong><\/p>\n

Memorial Bell Ringing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lt. Danny Cottrell, MCEMS<\/p>\n

Guest Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Roberts, Fire Chief<\/p>\n

Kim McMillan, City of Clarksville Mayor<\/p>\n

Jim Durrett, Montgomery County Mayor<\/p>\n

Firefighter Poem:<\/strong> Fireman\u2019s Prayer<\/p>\n

Placement of Flowers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family representatives of the following fallen firefighters:<\/h4>\n

Firefighter Claude B. Walker 12-3-1960<\/p>\n

Captain George \u201cPen\u201d Wilson 5-13-1967<\/p>\n

Engineer Ray Harrison 8-21-1981<\/p>\n

Benediction Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chaplain Brockman, CFR<\/p>\n

Retiring of the Colors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taps<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sheriff Deputy Angela Christian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Fire Rescue will present its annual community wide 9\/11 Ceremony at 6:00pm Sunday, September 11th at the city\u2019s main fire station, 802 Main Street. The public is invited. The ceremony honors the commitment and ultimate sacrifice of hundreds of New York City Firefighters who selflessly responded after the World Trade Center\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[20559,17391,29072,4654,1759,294,825,29074,2678,29073,29070,29075,29071,1373,693,2310,27776,16135,12013,10067,278,29068,29076,11956,29069,4461,10118],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-613","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23130,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23129\/revisions\/23130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}