The West Bend common council voted unanimously to spend $100 on the purchase of four 9/11 Flags of Honor. The flags are part of a Kewaskum fundraiser as a group works to construct a 9/11 memorial.
-The Kewaskum Remembers Memorial Park, a non-profit project dedicated to building a 9/11 memorial in the town of Kewaskum, Washington County.
-The memorial will feature a 2,200-pound I-beam steel from the north World Trade Center. Construction is expected to begin later in 2016 into 2017. Property was generously donated by the Village of Kewaskum for this project, and the park will be in front of the Kewaskum Fire Department.
-On Sept. 11 there will be a parade, memorial service and fundraiser in the village of Kewaskum.
-The 15th anniversary commemoration will begin at 8:46 a.m., the precise time the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center.
-West Bend-area native and Kewaskum High School graduate, Andrea Lyn Haberman was on the 92nd floor of the north World Trade Center and died on 9/11.
-The memorial project is being built in Kewaskum to remember the nearly 3,000 souls lost on 09/11 and to honor emergency first responders, military men and women, and ordinary individuals who do extraordinary acts of kindness to volunteer and serve in their communities.
– The fundraiser will begin at 10:00a.m. and will feature Live Music, Food trucks, Kewaskum Fire Department, bounce houses, silent auction, and 50/50 raffle. The Kewaskum American Legion has provided support towards the planning and development of the memorial service and fundraiser.
-The Kewaskum School District, Slinger School District, Villages of Kewaskum and Slinger are going to fly the Flag of Honor, 3×5 flags
To learn more about the memorial project or to make a donation, please visit www.kewaskummemorial.com.
Gordon Haberman and Jerry Gosa