Rockville, Montgomery County to Remember 9/11 With Ceremony
August 28, 2026
The City of Rockville will partner with Montgomery County to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and remember county residents who lost their lives.
A ceremony will be held 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at Courthouse Square Park, at the corner of East Jefferson Street and Maryland Avenue in Rockville’s downtown.
The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will include a presentation of colors and remarks by city and county leaders.
The 9/11 memorial at Courthouse Square Park remembers the 11 Montgomery County residents who lost their lives on Sept. 11: William E. Caswell, Dr. Gerald P. Fisher, Capt. Lawrence D. Getzfred, Michele M. Heidenberger, Angela M. Houtz, Teddington H. Moy, Lt. Darin H. Pontell, Scott A. Powell, Todd H. Reuben, Patricia J. Statz and Ernest M. Willcher.
The memorial, commissioned by the Montgomery County Arts and Humanities Council and designed by artists Gene and Susan Flores, includes a grassy area circled by 11 benches — one dedicated to each victim, with an inscription related to that person’s character.
It also includes a plaque, covered by two doors, bearing the victims’ names. The artists worked with astronomers to design the memorial so that on Sept. 11 the morning sun briefly illuminates each name.