{"id":278606,"date":"2026-09-04T02:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278606\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T02:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:22:09","slug":"historical-society-to-host-25th-anniversary-9-11-tribute-at-lehigh-valley-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278606\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical society to host 25th anniversary 9\/11 tribute at Lehigh Valley Depot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">NEWARK VALLEY, N.Y. (WBNG) &#8212; The Newark Valley Historical Society is hosting a special memorial service honoring the nearly 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The ceremony is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m. at the Lehigh Valley Ray Shaver Depot, and marks the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dennis Mullen of the Veterans Association will host the event, with speeches from Don Castellucci, Wendy Post, Dean Morgan and Peter Gordon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Musical performances by Rick Pedro, Ryan Wilson and Valley Harmony will provide opportunities for reflection and community healing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Attendees can also participate in a physical challenge hosted by Berkshire-based Country Fit, featuring equipment configured to simulate the 1,355-foot climb made by Ground Zero first responders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The depot will close during the main ceremony and reopen around 6 p.m. for additional music and refreshments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The entire community is invited to gather, pay tribute to those who were lost and honor the sacrifices made by emergency personnel a quarter-century ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/515749686711411\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/515749686711411\/\">Newark Valley Historical Society Facebook page<\/a> for event updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBNG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWARK VALLEY, N.Y. (WBNG) &#8212; The Newark Valley Historical Society is hosting a special memorial service honoring the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-278606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}