Many north Georgians are expected to pause Friday morning to observe the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The Hall County Sheriff's Office will host tribute at a free, open to the public breakfast meeting in the banquet hall at First Baptist Church of Gainesville at 7:00. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle will be the keynote speaker.
The program will include the department's Training Division secretary, Michelle Thrasher, who will sing “Amazing Grace” and deputy Jonathan Jackson who will perform the National Anthem. In addition, 13-year-old Alex Foster will be playing a violin piece. Foster has participated in a number of sheriff's office events since attending one of the department's “Coffee with a Cop” events two years ago..
Elsewhere in the area, at 9:45, a ceremony will be held at the Gainesville Public Safety Complex on Queen City Parkway and a 9:00 ceremony is planned at Dawson County Fire Station #1 at 393 Memory Lane.
The Student Government Association and the Corps of Cadets will host a ceremon at the University of North Georgia(UNG) Memorial in front of Memorial Hall Gym on the Dahlonega campus at noon. The ceremony will last approximately 30 minutes.
The program will include:
Welcome by SGA President Michaela Climer
Invocation by Caleb Hamby, President of Baptist Collegiate Ministries
Comments and the laying of a wreath by UNG President Dr. Bonita Jacobs
Comments by Richard Neikirk, Major (Retired), U.S. Army, Assistant Commandant at UNG
Performance of the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America by the Patriot Choir
Performance of TAPS by the Golden Eagle Band
Firing of a 21-Gun Salute by the Blue Ridge Rifles
Meanwhile, the Johnson High School band will perform at 12:45 at Liberty Plaza across from the State Capitol in Atlanta following a prayer vigil at noon. The band's appearance will include a playing of the National Anthem and a performance of the “United: The Sounds of America” show it is playing at football games this year.
