The Exchange Club of Mesquite will not be conducting an outdoor ceremony in front of City Hall on September 11 this year as it has in years past. Instead the club will offer a special tribute as part of the City Council meeting on Tuesday, September 13, at 5:00 PM in the Council Chambers at Mesquite City Hall.
All of the public is invited to join in as the Exchange Club remembers and reflects on the tragic events from 21 years ago, when approximately 3,000 people lost their lives – ordinary people doing ordinary things, and extraordinary people giving their last sacrifice to save as many as they could.
“The tribute will be brief, and the words will be few,” said Exchange Club President Paul Benedict. “But the need to join together in remembrance has never been greater. America grew stronger that day, with a renewed sense of patriotism.”
The Exchange Club will be making special presentations to the Mesquite Police and Mesquite Fire and Rescue Departments, who will be well-represented at the meeting, Benedict added.
“That gives us an opportunity to thank them for all they do, and for all they are willing to do, to keep us safe,” Benedict said.
The Exchange Club of Mesquite organizes a remembrance each year as a visible and poignant reminder to all that United States survived those attacks.
“Although still under attack both here and around the world, we continue to survive and to thrive as we reassert our allegiance to and love for America,” Benedict said.
