Muskogee’s fourth annual 9/11 Freedom Walk is scheduled for 8 a.m. Sept. 8. at Muskogee Civic Center Plaza, according to a media release.
The two-mile walk goes down to and along Muskogee’s Centennial Trail to 21st Street and back. The event honors and remembers the victims and first responders of the Sept. 11 attacks that left more than 2,000 Americans dead.
Sponsored and created by Muskogee Downtown Inc., this year’s Walk is co-sponsored by the Muskogee Civic Center, the Three Rivers Museum, Homeland Grocery Stores and local citizen volunteers.
The walk is free and open to the public. Water and coffee along with fruit and breakfast pastries will be provided for participating walkers. Individuals, civic groups, local organizations and families are encouraged to join in this uplifting and moving celebration and remembrance.
A short program of music, commemoration and prayer will precede the walk.
Information: Jonita Mullins, Muskogee Downtown Inc., (918) 683-2400.
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