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9-11 Memorial Park

Small park, big mission: the 9-11 Memorial Park on Sound Avenue, a place for remembering

by Sep 12, 2025
The 9-11 Memorial Park on Sound Avenue, is a 4-acre sanctuary for reflection and remembrance where the community gathers each year on Sept. 11 to remember the heroes and victims of that fateful day in 2001. Photos.

Preserving the memories and meaning of 9/11 for the next generation

by Sep 12, 2023
Twenty-two years after the attacks, the need to remember that day and what it meant weighed heavily on the minds of people speaking at the ceremonies Monday. The refrain “Never Forget” takes on new meaning for those who bore witness to the events and are charged with conveying their meaning to succeeding generations. Photos

Riverhead remembers two local heroes who lost their lives trying to save others on Sept. 11, 2001

by Sep 12, 2022
The Riverhead community marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with a candlelight walk and a remembrance service at the 9-11 Memorial Park on Sound Avenue.

Ceremony to take place in Riverhead this evening at the 9-11 Memorial Park on Sound Avenue

by Sep 11, 2022
The Reeves Park community will mark the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attack that claimed more than 3,000 lives on Sept. 11, 2001 with a candlelight procession on Park Road/Thomas Kelly Memorial Drive and memorial service at the 9-11 Memorial Park this evening beginning at 6:15 p.m.

In memoriam: September 11, 2001

by Sep 11, 2022
On this day in September 2001, on a morning of brilliant blue skies and bright sunshine, life as we knew it changed forever.

This one’s personal: Reeves Park gathers for annual Sept. 11 memorial ceremony

by Sep 12, 2016
The Riverhead community of Reeves Park, which lost two firefighter residents in the 2001 World Trade Center attack, gathered for its annual memorial ceremony last night. Photos.

Photos: Sept. 11 remembrance ceremonies in Riverhead

by Sep 12, 2015
A jet’s contrail, reflecting the setting sun that just ducked beyond the western horizon, cuts a fiery orange line in the deepening blue-purple sky. As...

Riverhead will mark anniversary of terror attacks with candlelight service at 9-11 Memorial Park on Sound Avenue

by Sep 7, 2015
Friday marks the 14th anniversary of the terror attacks that claimed more than 3,000 lives on Sept. 11, 2001. Local residents will gather at 6:30 p.m. Friday for a candlelight remembrance procession and ceremony.