September 11th Memorial

The Union County Board of County Commissioners will commemorate the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, with a remembrance ceremony on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at the Union County September 11th Memorial in Echo Lake Park.

The ceremony will include guest speakers, moments of reflection and the unveiling of a new memorial plaque, which will stand alongside our existing memorials.

As we mark this significant anniversary, we will remember those we lost, recognize the courage of our first responders and reflect on the lives forever changed by the events of September 11.

Completed in 2003, this memorial is dedicated to the sixty Union County residents who perished in the 2001 terrorist attacks. The Union County County Commissioners worked alongside residents of Cranford, Elizabeth, Kenilworth, Linden, Mountainside, Rahway, Scotch Plains, Summit, Union and Westfield to design this memorial.

Two sections of steel from the World Trade Center are positioned next to each other on a five-sided brick base representing the Pentagon, alongside a sculpture of a hand holding an “Eternal Flame,” memorializing the Armed Service members, emergency responders, and passengers aboard United Flight 93 who lost their lives that day.

The memorial is located on a hill at the border of Mountainside and Springfield in Union County’s Echo Lake Park, near the Springfield Avenue entrance.

You can use 143 Mill Lane, Mountainside, NJ for your GPS.

The memorial is located on a hill at the border of Mountainside and Springfield in Union County’s Echo Lake Park (view map), near the Springfield Avenue entrance at the eastern end of the park.