Airport to mark 9/11 today with ceremony

September 11, 2018 at 2:45 a.m. | Updated September 11, 2018 at 2:54 a.m.

by Greg Bischof

Callie Cirulnick, 10, visits Pepperdine University's annual display of flags Monday in Malibu, Calif. The flags are in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Nearly 3,000 people died.
Callie Cirulnick, 10, visits Pepperdine University's annual display of flags Monday in Malibu, Calif. The flags are in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Nearly 3,000 people died.

The U.S. Marine Corps League, Detachment 1149, will hold a public Sept. 11, 2001, memorial ceremony at 7:30 a.m. today inside the Texarkana Regional Airport's Passenger Terminal Lobby.

The league will honor the victims of the terrorist attacks in both New York, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C., with the posting of colors and the performance of taps following a moment of silence at 7:46 a.m. The moment of silence marks the time the first hijacked passenger jet struck the World Trade Center's north tower.

The league is a local veterans organization founded to perpetuate the traditions and spirit of all Marines.

Refreshments will be served at the ceremony.

For more information, call the airport at 870-774-2171 or the Texarkana, Ark., Police Department at 903-798-3187 or at 903-824-4199.

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