Thursday, October 1, 2026
The Village of Island Park will be holding a 9/11 Memorial Service on the triangle at Long Beach Road and Parma Road on 9/11. Contact Village Hall 431-0600 for the exact time.
Oceanside is holding a memorial on 9/11 at 6 p.m. on the Schoolhouse Green, on Foxhhurt Road in Oceanside.
The Town of Hempstead it holding its 9/11 memorial program along the Atlantic Ocean shoreline at Point Lookout Town Park. The interactive ceremony will involve guests in the service by the casting of carnations in a reflecting pool, inviting ceremony-goers to write the names of victims on a 35-foot-long “remembrance mural,” and those attending will be invited to place miniature American Flags at the base of a 9-11 sand monument. This year’s program will also include remarks by two people whose siblings died at Ground Zero, as well as the unveiling of a rendering of Hempstead Town’s planned permanent 9/11 monument.
The early morning ceremony will start at 7:30 a.m. on 9/11. The Town Park at Point Lookout is located at the intersection of Lido Boulevard and Loop Parkway. While there will be close to 500 seats available, residents are encouraged to bring beach chairs as the event typically exceeds the available seating.
The backdrop for the town’s 9-11 program features a 15-foot-tall reverse shadow box of the iconic towers set against a 35-foot-long “remembrance mural” of the skyline of the “world’s capital.” A reflecting pool and sand monument will be at the foot of the towers
Nassau County is holding a Sunset Candlelight and Remembrance Ceremony on Sept. 8th at 6:30 p.m. (rain or shine) at the 9/11 Memorial in Eisenhower Park, near Parking Field 6.
The Remembrance Ceremony will include the reading of names of Nassau County residents who lost their lives in the attacks and will be read by family members at Nassau County’s 9/11 Memorial in Eisenhower Park. The memorial features two semi-transparent aluminum towers, representing the World Trade Center towers, rising 30 feet from a fountain, and also contain two pieces of steel recovered from the World Trade Center.
