ALSIP
– The Alsip Fire Department will lower the U.S. flag to half-staff and a ceremonial bell will sound the traditional last alarm at 9:05 a.m. Wednesday at the fire station, 12600 S. Pulaski Rd. The bell will sound again at 9:28 a.m. and the flag will be raised. Call 708-385-6902.
BEECHER
– St. Luke United Church of Christ, 725 Penfield St., will hold a remembrance service at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Call 708-946-6688.
BLUE ISLAND
– The village will ring bells in honor of the victims of Sept. 11 at 9:05 and 9:28 a.m. Wednesday at Fire Station 1, 2434 Vermont St. A silent procession will make its way to Eisenhower School, 12700 Sacramento Ave., and a service will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. at the school’s football field. Call 708-597-8602.
BOLINGBROOK
– Friendship United Methodist Church and New Life Lutheran Church will hold a service of remembrance and prayer vigil walk at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Friendship United, 305 E. Boughton Rd. Walkers will stop at Fire Station 3 on Boughton Road for a prayer service and will end in New Life Church, 249 S. Bolingbrook Drive. Return transportation to Friendship United will be available. Call 630-972-1011 or 630-759-7636.
CALUMET CITY
– A remembrance and appreciation ceremony for police, firefighters and emergency workers will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Thornton Fractional North High School, 705 Pulaski Ave.
CHICAGO
– Visitors may contribute to photographs and written sentiments on display in the Sept. 11 Photo Project on the 1st floor of the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St. The exhibit continues through Sept. 21.
– Pinwheels and panels may be adorned with thoughts about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks through Tuesday in the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Drive. Admission will be free Wednesday.
– All proceeds from the Terra Museum of American Art’s suggested donation this week will be given to the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, an arts group that had been housed in the World Trade Center. The museum is at 664 N. Michigan Ave.
– The American Friends Service Committee will lead a forum, “On the Need for a Moral Voice Against War,” and a candlelight vigil at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn St.
– Panelists will discuss race, civil liberties and the war on terrorism in a public forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Egan Urban Center, Room 9102, 243 S. Wabash Ave.
– Newton Minow leads a panel discussion co-sponsored by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations on “The Message of Freedom” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N. Clark St. For reservations call 312-799-2002.
– Admission will be free all day Wednesday to musical and participatory events starting at 9:30 a.m. in the “Day of Remembrance” at the Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N. Clark St. At 7 p.m. a roundtable discussion on how to memorialize the Sept. 11 tragedy will be led by historian Ed Linenthal. For reservations call 312-799-2002.
– Religious leaders from the Chicago area will join to talk about strife and conflict in society at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N. Clark St. For reservations call 312-799-2002.
– A bugler will sound taps at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday in the Daley Center, Dearborn and Washington Streets.
– Admission will be free (excluding special exhibits) all day Wednesday at the Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Adler Planetarium, 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, and John G. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive.
– Artwork by Chicago-area youths, including those in Gallery 37’s downtown program, will be on display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day starting Wednesday in the exhibit “Youth Respond to 9/11” in CenterSpace Gallery, 66 E. Randolph St., 5th Floor. The show lasts through Nov. 30.
– The Chicago Fire Department will dedicate the Fallen Firefighters and Paramedics Memorial Park at 10 a.m. Wednesday south of McCormick Place East, 23rd Street and South Lake Shore Drive.
– Religious and civic leaders and performers lead the City of Chicago’s official memorial ceremony, beginning at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday in Daley Plaza, Dearborn and Washington Streets. Att noon there will be a three-minute silence and then the sound of bells, chants and songs in Chicago houses of worship.
– Neighborhood residents unveil a memorial to fallen firefighters and emergency personnel at noon Monday at West Roscoe Street and North Elaine Place.
– An open discussion on the implications of the Sept. 11 attacks will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Roosevelt University, Auditorium Building, 2nd Floor, 430 S. Michigan Ave.
– Counselors will be on hand for those who want to talk from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday in Jewish Family and Community Service’s administration office, 1 S. Franklin St., and from 3 to 5 p.m. in Jewish Family and Community Service, 2710 W. Devon Ave. Call 312-357-4620.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS
– A memorial service with singing and a speech by Rev. Charles Faso will be held at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Mound, Chicago Road and 14th Street.
– First Presbyterian Church, 900 Thomas St., will hold a service of remembrance for those who died Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Call 708-481-3754.
EVERGREEN PARK
– The village will hold a remembrance ceremony at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday in the north parking lot of Village Hall, 9418 S. Kedzie Ave.
FLOSSMOOR
– The Flossmoor Fire Department will lead a memorial service at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Village Hall, 2800 Flossmoor Rd.
HARVEY
– The Fire and Police Departments will lower flags to half-staff, ring bells and read the names of each firefighter who died in the World Trade Center at 10 a.m. Wednesday outside Firehouse 1, at 156th Street and Center Avenue.
– City leaders will join Imam W. Deen Mohammed, leader of the Muslim American Society, for a town hall meeting and prayer service at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall, 125 Broadway.
HOMEWOOD
– City officials will lay three wreaths–one each for firefighters, police and civilians who died in the World Trade Center–at 8 a.m. Wednesday in Veterans Memorial Park, Olive Road and Harwood Avenue.
JOLIET
– The University of St. Francis and churches throughout the community will hold a peace walk and ecumenical prayer service at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The walk will start at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus and proceed to the university for an ecumenical prayer service. Participants should carry flashlights as a symbol of peace. Call 815-740-3398.
– University of St. Francis faculty members will conduct a town meeting to discuss the aftermath of the Sept. 11 tragedy and explore the causes and implications of terrorism in the U.S. at noon Wednesday in the university’s Moes Room in Tower Hall, 500 Wilcox St. Call 815-740-3379.
– The city will present “America Remembers 9/11” at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Rialto Square Theater, 102 N. Chicago St. State Sen. Edward Petka, Will County State’s Atty. Jeff Tomczak, six Will County mayors and local fire and police department members are slated to lead the program. Tickets are $10; a portion of the proceeds will be donated to local Fire and Police Departments. For tickets, call 815-726-6600.
LANSING
– A ceremony will include the dedication of a new firetruck, a video message from President George W. Bush, a high school choir and band and an honor guard at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on the football field of Thornton Fractional South High School, 18500 S. Burnham Ave. Call 708-895-7200.
LEMONT
– St. James at Sag Bridge Church will honor the victims of Sept. 11 and their families with a mass and flag-raising ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the church, 10600 S. Archer Ave. A family picnic will be held following the outdoor flag ceremony. Call 630-257-7000.
LOCKPORT
– Lockport Township High School District 205 will hold the program “A Tribute from the Heart” to remember the Sept. 11 attacks at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the high school’s East campus auditorium, 1333 E. 7th St. Attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item or make a donation at the door. Call 815-588-8121.
MIDLOTHIAN
– A memorial service led by the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held at Memorial Park, 144th Street and Kedzie Avenue, at noon Wednesday.
– The Village Board will cut short its 7:30 p.m. Wednesday meeting to hold a short memorial service in its chambers at 148th Street and Pulaski Avenue.
MOKENA
– The Mokena Community Public Library District’s Teen Coffeehouse members will fold red, white and blue origami paper cranes and distribute them to patrons from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the library, 11327 195th St. Call 708-479-9663.
MORRIS
– Church bells in Morris will ring 46 minutes past each hour from 8:46 a.m. to 8:46 p.m. Wednesday.. The observance will end with a candlelight vigil on the courthouse lawn at 8:46 p.m. Call 815-942-0103.
NAPERVILLE
– “Remembrance, Healing, and Hope,” a program featuring representatives from various faiths, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Millennium Carillon, on Aurora Avenue, a quarter-mile west of Washington Street, on the Riverwalk.
OAK FOREST
– The city will hold a remembrance service at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the gazebo across from City Hall, 15440 S. Central Ave. Community church choirs will sing, and VFW members will pass out special poppies and flags. Call 708-687-4050, ext. 112.
OAK LAWN
– The VFW Post 5220 will hold a memorial service at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Oak Lawn Veterans Memorial, 95th Street and 52nd Avenue.
ORLAND HILLS
– The village is asking residents to leave their outside lights on all night Tuesday to show that the light of freedom will never be lost. Residents are asked to hold a lit candle on their front sidewalk for five minutes and hold a silent vigil starting at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday in remembrance of the lives lost Sept. 11. Call 708-349-6666.
ORLAND PARK
– Churches will participate in a remembrance service to be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Veterans Memorial in the village complex, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. The Ground Zero Flag Tour will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday and 8 a.m. to noon Friday in Village Hall, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. The flags are signed by former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani and New York City firefighters and police officers. Call 708-403-6167.
– Ashburn Baptist Church, 153rd Street and Wolf Road, will hold a memorial service at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Colors will be presented by American Legion Post 111. Call 708-403-1363.
PALOS HILLS
– St. Luke Orthodox Church will hold A Day of Remembrance with an opportunity for the public to view and touch a steel beam from the World Trade Center from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the church, 10700 S. Kean Ave. Church bells will ring from 8 to 9 a.m., and a service will be held at 8:15 a.m. An evening service will be held at 7 p.m. Call 708-499-2423.
PARK FOREST
– Hope Lutheran Church, 424 Indianwood Blvd., will hold a remembrance service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Call 708-748-1995.
– The village will commemorate the events of Sept. 11 with a moment of silence and ceremony at 9:05 a.m. Wednesday in the Village Green in downtown. At 7 p.m. Wednesday thousands of Tribute Luminary Candles will be placed throughout the streets of downtown. Tribute candles are $5 and can be bought in Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive. Call 708-748-1112.
SOUTH HOLLAND
– The village will hold a prayer service and plant a tree in honor of those killed Sept. 11 at 8:46 a.m. Wednesday at Village Hall, 16226 Wausau Ave.
TINLEY PARK
– The village will sponsor a ceremony to remember the Sept. 11 victims at 7 p.m. Wednesday behind the Odyssey Country Club Clubhouse, 19110 S. Ridgeland Ave. The village will recognize the victims with 3,202 floating candles on the club’s pond and with a distribution of flags each bearing a victim’s name. The Arts Alive! Community Band and Chorale will perform. Call 708-444-5000.
