How will West Michigan (Grand Rapids) groups observe 9/11 weekend? (M. Live website)

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GRAND RAPIDS - People in West Michigan have not forgotten about Sept. 11. From honoring every single victim with an American flag to joining various religious leaders in one room to climbing 110 flights of stairs, locals are finding a way - any way - to commemorate the day.
If you haven’t chosen a way to remember those who risked and lost their lives 10 years ago, you have plenty of options. . .
Down the street, more than a dozen local religious, community and educational institutions have teamed up for an interfaith event called “Honor and Remember” from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in various parts of downtown on Sept. 11. Christian, Islamic and Jewish communities will unite and pray for local emergency rescue workers.
”It’s important to continually raise up this anniversary because it opened a new era of understanding and dialogue in religion,” said the Rev. Anne Weirich, of Westminster Presbyterian Church. “It really honors those whose lives were lost and those who serve us in great danger. We need to demonstrate we all strive for peace and a way to confront a tragedy with something positive.”
The Boy Scout Salute kicks off the interfaith day at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. The interfaith service will take place at 2 p.m. at Cathedral Square before the blessing of emergency vehicles. The crowd will head back to the museum as a memorial walk after the service to honor heroes and light candles as the sun sets.
To honor every single victim killed in the attacks an American flag will be erected across three acres of the Cannonsburg Ski Area from Sept. 8 to 13. The site will be open to the public 24 hours a day and students will be assembling the memorial from 8 a.m. to noon this Friday. There is a weekend filled with commemorating events, including four moments of silence for every plane that crashed a decade ago.
”I am looking forward to seeing the school children come out to set the flags up,” said project chair Sue Bodenner. “It was an important event in our country’s history and the government created Patriotic Day because of that so it’s a real opportunity to raise awareness on what it means to be a united country.”

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