Dacula to Host Day of Remembrance on 9/11

A service project and special remembrance ceremony is planned in Dacula on Sunday, Sept. 11.

Mill Creek student Charles Orgbon, founder of Greening Forward, has organized a litter pick-up and a remembrance service to honor those who died during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Volunteers will gather in the parking lot at 3 p.m. and will then pick up trash along Harbins Road from the school to .

At 4 p.m., the remembrance ceremony will begin. Guest speakers include and other local dignitaries. Mill Creek band members are also scheduled to perform.

As part of the ceremony, volunteers will plant a tree in front of Dacula City Hall as a living tribute to the victims of 9/11.

For more information, visit the event Facebook page or email Charles Orgbon at corgbon@greeningforward.org.