Dedication of 9-11 Living Memorial Garden
Sunday,
September 14, 2003
In remembrance of Livingston
residents who lost their lives on September 11, 2001
Luke A. Dudek
Jeffrey Brian Gardner
Donald Thomas
Jones II
Ming-Hao Liu
Joseph P. McDonald
John M. Pocher
Kenneth Albert
Zelman
Program
Flag Honor Guard: Girl and Boy
Scouts of America
Pledge of Allegiance: Jeffrey
Kilroy, Asst. Sr. Scout Patrol Leader
Invocation: Rabbi Faith Dantowitz
"Let There be Peace on Earth:" LHS Vocal
Chamber Ensemble
Comments:Congressman Bill Pascrell,
Jr.; Patricia Sebold, Freeholder Vice President
Garden Description: Mayor Stephen
Santola
Memorial Tribute Books: Gary Schneiderman,Deputy
Mayor
Reading of Names: Charles J. Tahaney,
Township Manager
Bell Ringer: Brian Boyle,
Vietnam War Veteran
Rose Presentation: Alvin Chu,
Livingston Chinese School and members of the Girl Scouts
of America
Benediction: Rev. Richard
W. Klein
Postlude: "America the
Beautiful:" LHS Vocal Chamber Ensemble
Seven sides
of the octagonal-shaped garden are a memorial to the seven Livingston
residents who died at the World Trade Center. The eighth side represents
others who died that day.
In the
center of the garden is a sundial madefrom pieces of steel
removed from the rubble of the WTC. Underneath the sundial
in a vault is soil from Ground Zero. Plaques around the sundial
show the times and places the four planes struck the towers,
the Pentagon and the field in Shanksville, PA.
The sundial
was created by LHS teacher Hugh Mahon. The concept
was originated by Eileen Gardner.
9-11 Committee: Cindy
Cherny, Eleonore Cohen, Nancy Eskow, Gene Fitzpatrick,
Eileen Gardner, Sam Gershwin, Russell Jones Jr., William Jones,
Joel Katz, Barbara Long, Hugh Mahon, Ann Marlow, Barbara McCullough,
Susan McDonald, Meredith Nole, James Osorio, Bunnie Ratner,
Stephen Santola, Marcia Tabatchnick, Charles J. Tahaney, York
Tsuo and Nancy Van DeVaarst