08/26/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/26/2025 13:21
The City of Mesquite will host a short Patriot Day memorial ceremony at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11, at Mesquite Freedom Park with prayers and remembrances to honor those who lost their lives in the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The public event will include the Mesquite Police and Fire Honor Guards, Mesquite Fire Department Pipes and Drum Corps, and performances by choir students from Mesquite High School and a kindergarten class from Florence Black Elementary School.
Mesquite Freedom Park, which features an actual piece of steel from one of the original Twin Towers destroyed on 9/11 in New York City, is located on the North Lawn of the Mesquite Arts Center, 1527 N. Galloway Ave. Learn more at www.cityofmesquite.com/FreedomPark.