Some local communities will pause tomorrow to honor those who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
Mack's Apples in Londonderry will host Military Appreciation Day, which will feature a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at noon. Retired Capt. Patricia Mack, who was training recruits at the New York Court Officers Academy three blocks from the World Trade Center that day, will speak.
A sergeant at the time, Mack and other officers helped in the rescue. She has since been honored many times for her heroism that day.
Benediction will be offered by Jack Martin, a Marine Corps veteran and Moore Mart Mideast representative.
Capt. Morrill's Company, a Revolutionary War re-enactment group, will present the colors.
Londonderry American Legion Post 27 will coordinate with Mack's. The Legionnaires will salute those who died that day with a firing squad and the sounding of "Taps." They will have pieces of the Pentagon and the second tower on hand.
Mack's invites anyone with a military identification, past or present, to pick a free peck of apples. Gold and Blue Star mothers are invited, too. The event runs from noon to 4 p.m.
Moore Mart will be at Mack's to collect items to be shipped to soldiers serving overseas. Items needed include sample-size toiletries, children's school supplies, plain white socks and playing cards.
The Windham Fire Department will host a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. at the fire station at 3 Fellows Road, off Route 111.
The public is invited. The outside ceremonies will be followed by refreshments.
The Salem Fire Department will hold a memorial service at 10:15 a.m. tomorrow at the fire station at 152 Main St. The public is invited. The ceremony is expected to last 15 minutes.
In Chester, there will be a memorial service at the fire station at 8:30 a.m. Chester will host Public Safety Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The name of Marine Corps. Pfc. Eric Currier, who was killed in Afghanistan Feb. 17, will be added to the Global War on Terrorism Monument in Hampton in a ceremony starting at 6 p.m. tomorrow. The memorial honors New Hampshire residents who have died in the nine-year war that began after Sept. 11, 2001. Currier was a Londonderry resident.
Also honored will be Army Ranger Sgt. Andrew Nicoli, who died Aug. 8 from wounds received in the blast of an improvised explosive device while fighting in Afghanistan.
The memorial is at 69 High St. in Hampton.
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