9/11 Memorial In Overland Park
2022 Ceremony
Resource Website
This year's 9/11 Memorial Ceremony in Overland Park will be open to the public without restrictions! We will also livestream the ceremony on our OverlandParkFD YouTube Channel.
This website is meant to provide information and assistance for your memorial experience. Please call or email if you have questions regarding the ceremony or displays. Jason Rhodes (c) 816-805-1764 jason.rhodes@opkansas.org
Journalists are encouraged to use information and content from this site in reports surrounding the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony.
The spotlights are back!
Thanks to an anonymous donor, the spotlights are back this year. Starting the evening of Saturday, September 10th and continuing through the night of Sunday, September 11th, two spotlights will flank the 9/11 Memorial in Overland Park. This display symbolizes the fallen Twin Towers and mimics the display at Ground Zero.
Visiting the 9/11 Memorial in Overland Park after dark reveals another dimension to the memorial. The artifact and surrounding elements reveal new characteristics under the lights. The textures and reliefs are enhanced and the artifact from Ground Zero stands below the towers of light, just as it stood in New York.
Photo by Bruce Hogle
The 9/11 Memorial In Overland Park
The memorial is located on the grounds of the Overland Park Fire Training Center at 12401 Hemlock, Overland Park, KS 66213.
The annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony runs from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. This somber ceremony is marked by honor guard movements (see "9/11 Ceremony Program 2022" below) marking sentinal times from the morning of 9/11. Between these sentinal times, honor guard members stand silent watch over the memorial.
9/11 Ceremony Program 2021
7:30 a.m. Honor Guard takes up positions flanking steel artifact from Ground Zero and lowers flag to half staff. Taps may be played. OPPD Honor Guard conducts 21-gun salute. Bagpiper plays "Amazing Grace." Honor guard escorts guest who places flowers at base of Victim’s Panel in honor of the almost 3,000 lives lost on 9/11.
7:46 a.m. Honor Guard members strike bell and escort guest who places flowers at base of American Airlines Flight 11 panel, marking the time the flight hit the WTC North Tower.
8:03 a.m. Honor Guard members strike bell and escorts guest who place flowers at base of United Airlines Flight 175 panel, marking the time the flight hit the WTC South Tower.
8:37 a.m. Honor Guard members strike bell and escorts guest who place flowers at the base of American Airlines Flight 77 panel, marking the time the flight hit the Pentagon.
8:59 a.m. Honor Guard members strike bell and observe moment of silence, marking the collapse of the WTC South Tower.
9:03 a.m. Honor Guard members strike bell and escort guest who place flowers at base of the United Airlines Flight 93 panel, marking the time the flight crashed in Shanksville, PA.
9:29 a.m. Honor Guard members strike bell and observe moment of silence, marking the time of the WTC North Tower collapse. Ceremony ends.
The following content is background information regarding the origins and evolution of the 9/11 Memorial in Overland Park
The following videos explain the origins, history and construction of the 9/11 Memorial in Overland Park
9/11 Memorial Explanation Video
What elements make up the 9/11 Memorial In Overland Park and what is their significance?
9/11 Memorial Dedication Video
In 2014 the 9/11 Memorial in Overland Park was officially dedicated in a ceremony that recognized the community support that built the memorial.
9/11 Memorial Origins Video
Where did the "9/11 Steel Artifact" come from and how did the memorial design come into being?
9/11 Memorial Weeping Wall Construction
What does the "Weeping Wall" symbolize and how was it made?
Media Contact
For media assistance contact:
Jason Rhodes
Overland Park Fire Department Public Information Officer
jason.rhodes@opkansas.org
913-895-8416 (Office)
816-805-1764 (Cell)