Local museum to host 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

Otero County’s Fire Fighters Association will hold their annual September 11th Memorial Ceremony on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo.

The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm.

It will be led by a parade of fire engines. It’s expected to begin at the Otero County Fairgrounds through Indian Wells Road and end at the New Mexico Museum of Space History.

A slide show will follow the parade at 8 pm.

The ceremony will have a fire and police turnout ceremony, candle lighting and the symbolic lighting of the twin towers on the museum building. The Holloman AFB “Steel Talons” Honor Guard will present flags for the fire and police officers who have died in the line of duty in Otero County.

The ceremony is free to the public.