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NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 7: A rose stands on the 9\/11 Memorial for the North Tower in front of 3 and 4 World Trade Center on September 7, 2026, in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n
HOUSTON – Community leaders, first responders, and residents across the Houston area are preparing to mark the 25th anniversary of September 11 with a series of formal memorial ceremonies, musical tributes, and active physical honors.<\/p>\n
Commemorations across the region will highlight both solemn remembrance and civic service, ranging from early-morning stair climbs that simulate the 110 stories of the World Trade Center towers to headstone cleaning projects at Houston National Cemetery.<\/p>\n
“These events serve as a permanent tribute to the lives lost and honor the enduring courage of our nation’s first responders,” city and event organizers said in statements announcing the schedule.<\/p>\n
Scheduled 25th Anniversary 9\/11 Memorial Events <\/p>\n
Ceremonies & Formal Memorial Services<\/p>\n
City of Houston 25th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony: 10:00 a.m. at Lauren\u2019s Garden in Market Square Park <\/a>(301 Milam St). The garden serves as a permanent tribute to Houston native Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, who died aboard United Airlines Flight 93. Free and open to the public.Rice Chorale Memorial Concert: 7:00 p.m. at the Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall <\/a>inside Rice University (6100 Main St). The ensemble will perform a dedicated commemorative concert marking the 25-year milestone.National Day of Service at Houston National Cemetery<\/a>: Saturday, Sept. 12. Features a 9:30 a.m. remembrance ceremony at the Hemicycle, followed by a headstone cleaning and cemetery beautification project through 1:00 p.m. <\/p>\n Stair Climbs & Active Tributes<\/p>\n Houston NROTC Rice Stadium Stair Climb: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. at Gate 4 of Rice Stadium<\/a>. Co-organized by the Houston Consortium of Naval ROTC and Rice University, participants scale stadium steps equaling the 110 stories of the World Trade Center.Sugar Land Space Cowboys Memorial Stair Climb: Constellation Field (1 Stadium Dr, Sugar Land). Gates open at 7:30 a.m., with first responders beginning at 8:00 a.m. and the public climb starting at 9:10 a.m. Participants scale 2,200 steps with pauses for moments of silence at 8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m. Free admission includes a ticket to the Sept. 15 baseball game. You must register here<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n The Source: Information in this article is from city and event websites.<\/p>\n Houston<\/a>September 11<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 7: A rose stands on the 9\/11 Memorial for the North Tower…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,223,149737,216,393],"class_list":["post-430897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-september-11","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}