SARASOTA, FL – 09/09/09 – This coming Friday, a sea of 2,977 American flags is planned to be set up at Patriot’s Park in Venice as a memorial to those 2,977 innocent American lives that were taken by terrorists on September 11th, 2001. The event will be hosted by a group of high school and middle school students called The Young Conservatives of Sarasota, who have collected donations to purchase the flags.
Named the “9/11 Never Forget Project”, similar flag displays have taken place on many college campuses across the nation in previous years. “The thing that makes this event special is that kids between the ages of twelve and eighteen are the ones doing the work to honor our the firefighters, police, military and civilians who lost their lives on 9/11,” says The Young Conservatives of Sarasota’s Director, Stryker Watts.
“It’s all about freedom. Our freedom was deeply threatened on 9/11. We need to keep that memory fresh – after 9/11, our world was changed forever, and we must be consistently supportive of those fighting to protect our freedom.”
Volunteers for the 9/11 Never Forget Project will begin setting up the flags at 7am, and will have the display completed at 9am for the public to enjoy. Patriot’s Park is located at:
800 Venetian Bay Blvd.
Venice, FL 34285
For more information on The Young Conservatives of Sarasota, visit TheYCS.com.
