MILTON HIGH

Milton High student Savannah Bailey is organizing the eighth year of Milton's Sept. 11 display. Beginning at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, Bailey and volunteers will place 2,996 flags on the front lawn of the school - one for each life lost during the attacks. Click here for directions.

If you are interested in volunteering to help place flags at the school, contact Bailey at (678) 237-3303 or by e-mail at savvy84@gmail.com.

The next morning at 8 a.m., there will be a short memorial service to commemorate the lives lost in the attacks.

All aspects of the event are open to the public, said Bailey, and residents are invited to reflect on the display throughout the day. 

"This is a meaningful way to engage students, teachers and the community as we reflect, remember and honor those who lost their lives on that tragic day of Sept. 11, 2001," said Bailey. "By remembering and honoring lives lost of both victims and first responders, we strengthen what binds us together as a community and as a nation."

CAMBRIDGE HIGH

For the fourth year in a row and led by freshman Elizabeth Willis, Cambridge High School students and community members will organize the school's 9/11: Never Forget Memorial. 

"The flags we set out are not just symbols of our national pride. Each flag represents someone's son, daughter, husband, wife, friend, or child. They deserve to be remembered." said Willis. 

Willis and her group will also place 2,996 American flags on the front lawn of Cambridge High School. The community is invited to visit the memorial throughout the day Friday to pay tribute to those who lost their lives and to the men and women who have been fighting for our country, oversees and within the nation, ever since. A memorial book will be on site for those who wish to pen their thoughts.

Those interested in volunteering to set up the display may come to Cambridge High School at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10. Click here for directions.