September 11th: Remembrance Ceremony and Freedom Celebration
On Sunday, September 11, 2005, the City of Buffalo, the County of Erie, and the Buffalo Waterfront Community will jointly hold an early morning event located beside the Outlook Tower at the far end tip of Erie Basin Marina, titled: September 11th: Remembrance Ceremony and Freedom Celebration
This is the first joint City-County 9-11 remembrance ceremony to be held right at our waterfront. In addition to a ceremony of solemn remembrance, this year's theme appropriately expands upon itself to include a freedom celebration.
The early morning ceremony runs from 8:30 to 9:30 am, followed by a coffee reception.
While the speakers intersperse with musical song, bagpipes, color guards and more, the involved, fast paced yet solemn ceremony will draw a backdrop of boaters, led by Buffalo's fireboat Cotter.
"Freedom Waters" is the theme for the gathering of boats. Please join us, and collect in the Outer Harbor between the north gap and the tip of Erie Basin. If sailboats could present themselves in a heave to position, full sails, stationary, it would provide a sea of solemnity not to be unnoticed with awe. Weather conditions will discern this however.
No need to register your intention to sail or motor in this event-- merely show up and hold as stationary as possible among other boats for the duration.
What is particularly poignant about this year's event is that we celebrate our resiliency to hold fast to our freedom and liberty, as we continue to recreate upon our Lake Erie, which connects us to our neighboring Canada, upon the world's largest free and unprotected border. In reverence and remembrance, that is something to celebrate.
Please join us in the boat ceremony, and tell landlubber friends and all their families to join us by the Outlook Tower at Erie Basin Marina for a splendid and solemn ceremony. -Bill Zimmerman
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