By Frank Sinatra, AAP Editor

Each year, American flags are placed throughout Pennsauken’s 9/11 Memorial, located at the corner of Merchantville Ave. and Rt. 130, across the street from the Township’s Municipal Building and the Pennsauken Free Public Library. This year’s ceremony will once again be earlier in the evening, so that more members of the community can participate.

“The earlier start for last year’s flag placement allowed more families and community members to participate in our town’s annual tradition,” said Pennsauken Mayor Nicole Roberts. “We invite our neighbors to join us as we continue to honor the memory of those who lost their lives in the terror attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pa. 24 years ago.”

Volunteers are needed to help distribute the flags on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 9:00 p.m. and remove them on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 9:00 p.m. Those wishing to participate on either day are asked to arrive 15 minutes early. Service organizations as well as those in need of volunteer hours are encouraged to participate.

Pennsauken’s monument was first dedicated on September 11, 2003, as a tribute to the heroes of 9/11 and the dedicated direct responders — police, fire, and EMS — who serve every day to protect residents and businesses in the communities where they work and live. In remembrance of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a steel beam from the World Trade Center North Tower was dedicated as a permanent part of the memorial.