On Sunday, Sept. 11 at 2 p.m., The Tryon community will hold a commemorative event in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The program will be held at Rogers Park on N. Howard Street in Tryon.
Kevin Brode will play the bagpipes, after which Tryon Mayor J. Alan Peoples will welcome guests and the group will say the Pledge of Allegiance. Daryle Ryce will then sing the national anthem.
U.S. Representative Heath Shuler (D) is scheduled to share “Reflections on Being an American.”
Actress Patti D’Arbanville (“Sopranos,” “Rescue Me” and others), whose mother lived in Tryon in September 2001, will read from a letter she wrote to her mother after the attacks. At the time, D’Arbanville was married to New York City fireman Terri Quinn. She will also read “For the Fallen,” by Lawrence Binyon.
Tryon Fire Chief Joey Davis will read a resolution issued by the Town of Tryon for the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance.
L.J. Meyers will conduct a Homeward Angels Dove Release, and the event will end with a concert by Daryle Ryce.
– Information submitted
by Crys Armbrust