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Fort Polk bells to toll on Sept. 11
Posted: Sep 9, 2010 8:22 AM by Cecilia Stevenson
FORT POLK, La. (AP) - The Joint Readiness Training Center and
Fort Polk will hold a ceremony Friday to remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks - and to remind people that the United States is still at war.
The 9/11 Day of Remembrance ceremony will also honor all military personnel, Department of Defense civilians and contractors who have died in service.
The ceremony starts at 9 a.m. The Main Post Chapel bells will toll at 7:46 a.m., 8:03, 8:37 and 9:03 a.m. - the times of the attacks on the north and south towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the foiled attampt at Shanksville, Pa. The 9:03 a.m. bells will toll for 30 seconds.
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