Boiling Springs Remembrance
8 a.m.

The Boiling Springs Fire District will conduct a brief ceremony observing the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001. The ceremony will be held at the recently dedicated World Trade Center Memorial Plaza at the district’s headquarters located at 5020 Pelham Road in Greenville County

The ceremony will begin at 8:00 a.m. and is expected to last approximately 10 minutes.

Members of several neighboring fire departments are expected to attend, and the public is invited.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, firefighters from across Greenville County will gather at the district’s station #4 on Blacks Drive to spend the day listening to nationally renowned speaker Gordon Graham discuss risk management principles for first responders.

Concerts of Remembrance
4 p.m.
Asheville

Tuesday at 7:30 pm, at Unitarian Church of Asheville, the Blue Ridge Orchestra Chamber Players, conducted by Music Director Milton Crotts, will present a performance of a Concert of Remembrance, commemorating those who died on 9-11-2001 and honoring the survivors and rescuers of that day.

The concert will include Adagios by Benjamin Britten and Tomaso Albinoni and selections from works by Amadeus Mozart. John Crawley, music director at the Asheville School, will be featured as organ soloist for Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor, a well-loved staple of the Baroque repertory. This Adagio is drawn from several thematic fragments found in the street of a German city after a World War II bombing raid and is arranged by Remo Giazotto, In its second season under the direction of Milt Crotts, the Blue Ridge Orchestra is a WNC community orchestra that presents high quality symphonic music in a variety of settings for diverse audiences throughout the region. Furthering the mission of bringing a broad range of fine orchestral music to a broad audience, the BRO Chamber Players performs chamber works in smaller venues than are accessible to a 70-piece orchestra.

Also programmed for Concert of Remembrance are Handel’s Queen of Sheba and the Intermezzo from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. There will be short readings reflective of the 11th anniversary of this day America will never forget. The concerts are free to the public; donations gratefully accepted.

9/11 Remembrance
8:20 a.m.
Buncombe County

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Enka High Air Force JROTC will host an annual 9/11 Ceremony at Enka High School to honor fallen heroes of the 9/11 terrorists attacks. Speakers will include guests from the VFW, American Legion and Enka High School student body.

In observance of Patriot Day, the ceremony will begin at 8:20 am around the flagpole located in the student parking lot. Make plans to attend and help honor those who lost their lives during the 9/11 tragedy.

White Dove Release
Noon
Landrum

At the Landrum Fire Department at noon, Homeward Angels will be doing their annual White Dove Release in Honor and Remembrance of Sept 11th. Homeward Angels based right here in Landrum does this every year as part of a Nationwide Dove Release called “White Wings Across America”.

The event is free to anyone interested.

First Responders Remembrance Memorial
6 p.m.
Columbia, S.C.

What: A memoriam for the first responders from the Midlands who have given their life in service over the last 12 months will commence on September 11, 2012 at the First Responders Remembrance Memorial, in front of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center on Lincoln Street.

Members of local police, fire, EMS, and military will be present for the ceremony honoring those who have fallen since 9/11/2001, including those made part of the memorial at the unveiling ceremony on 9/11/11.

The ceremony will be approximately 40 minutes in length, and feature guest speakers, Brig. General Bryan Roberts, Commanding General of Fort Jackson, and Maj. General Robert Livingston, Adjutant General of the South Carolina National Guard, along with members of the Midlands EMS community. Additionally, a US Coast Guard flyover is planned.

The Irmo Fire Foundation, Columbia and Lexington Fire departments, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, the Columbia Police Department, along with the City of Columbia, and Richland and Lexington Counties, and 14 local businesses partnered to create the First Responders Remembrance Memorial at the Visitors Center in 2011.

The memorial includes a pair of granite towers and 2 steel beams from the World Trade Center, which are crossed, showing how the country united after the attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001.

The project cost approximately $750,000 which was raised through the use of private and public fund, and in-kind donations leading up to 9/11/11.

More information about the memorial, including videos of the 9/11/11 ceremony can be found the Memorial’s website, www.SCRemembers911.com.

When: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 / 6:00 pm
Where: The Columbia Metropolitan Visitors Center
Lincoln Street / Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29201

USC Upstate Memorial
4:30 p.m.
USC Upstate

Xi Iota City-Wide Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., will be hosting a 9/11 memorial along with the Alpha Delta Tau Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., AmeriCorps Vista, Impact, and the Student Governement Association at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, SC.

The service will be held on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 around 4:30pm on the Quad (which is the greenspace behind the Administrative Building).