9/11 MEMORIAL EVENTS
Friday
• Sacramento
7:30 p.m. – Diverse Americans Unite – Japanese, Muslim, Sikh and Buddhist Americans – presents a memorial at Buddhist Church of Florin, 7235 Pritchard Road. At 8 p.m., participants will ring a Buddhist gong and conduct a candlelight ceremony.
• West Sacramento
Noon – A 9/11 Memorial Flag Tribute with nearly 3,000 small flags representing lives lost on Sept. 11 is at Jefferson Boulevard and South River Road. The display continues through sundown Sunday.
Sunday
• Colfax
8:46 a.m. – The Kiwanis Club of Greater Colfax presents Reading of Names Memorial Service behind the Historic Freight Depot, 1-4 Main St.
• Dixon
4 p.m. – Dixon Fire Department unveils a 9/11 Memorial featuring steel from the World Trade Center at 205 Ford Way.
• Rancho Cordova
The California Capital Airshow presents a tribute with a memorial flower drop, concluding with a Missing Man formation at Mather Airport, 10510 Superfortress Ave. A ticket to the air show is required. The cost is $15 for general admission.
• Roseville
Noon – St. John's Episcopal Church holds a remembrance at 2351 Pleasant Grove Blvd. A special memorial flag with names of victims hangs in the narthex.
• Sacramento
5:30 a.m. – A remembrance vigil and reading of names of the men and women who died in the attacks begins at the west steps of the Capitol. There will be a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m. Immediately following, the crowd will be ushered into one of the three memorial sites on the Capitol grounds.
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Nor Cal Tea Party Patriots, KTKZ and Fox 40 News presents a memorial remembrance at Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd. A free pancake breakfast for first responders, military members and their families is from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. At 9:07 a.m., a bell will be rung and a moment of silence will be observed.
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – The Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Sacramento presents "Decade of Remembrance" at the east steps of the Capitol.
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