Radcliff, Kentucky– Fort Knox, in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, will honor those who lost their lives as a result of 9/11 during a Patriot Day ceremony at 8:15 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11, at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery – Central in Radcliff, Kentucky. The event, which marks the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Flight 93, will feature a ceremonial tolling of the Fort Knox Fire Station’s bell, a wreath laying, 21-gun salute and the playing of taps. The keynote speaker will be Maj. Gen. Johnny Davis, commanding general of U.S. Army Recruiting Command and Fort Knox. Davis assisted with the search and rescue of personnel at the Pentagon following the attack.
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