I was headed into Stafford to photograph the city marker at Town Hall, when I saw this on my right…read more I didn't know it was there, but when I saw the weathered steel beam in front of the fire station, I immediately knew what it was. This 9/11 monument consists of a 4-sided concrete base and each side of the base contains a plaque. One plaque is dedicated to the 2 Stafford residents who were members of the Flight 175 crew killed when their plane struck the South Tower on 9/11/01. One plaque is dedicated to the 343 members of the New York Fire Department killed in the line of duty on 9/11/01. One plaque is dedicated to all the victim of terrorism killed on that day in New York City, Washington, DC, and Shanksville, PA. One plaque lists the memorial committee and sponsors. The memorial was completed at 10:28 AM on September 11, 2011 when a steel beam from the 20th floor of the North Tower was secured into the base to mark the precise time of the first plane hitting that Tower ten years ago. This is the third 9/11 memorial I have seen with a steel beam from the towers. It brought back a flood of memories.

Great Fire Department which operates as an all volunteer Department led by Chief Tom Snyder.read more

I was a walk in to the fire department with chest pains. They performed an EKG and sent me to the…read morehospital. The care I received was excellent and I really appreciate their abilities.

Great crew and beautiful new station!!read more

The Firefighter community has a 200-year old tradition that takes place at firefighter's funerals…read moreknown as "The Ringing of the Bell." A bell is rung three times, and after each set of three rings, a gloved hand envelops the bell to silence it before the next set of three rings starts. After the final ringing of the third set, the bell is left alone until the ring dissipates on its own. At Enfield's Fire District #1 station house, there is a firefighters' memorial and bell. The bell is mounted inside a 6 foot high wall of stacked flagstones. A plaque bears the following inscription: FIRE FIGHTERS MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY ENFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.

3900th Review I'm…read moresure everyone old enough to remember the events of September 11, 2001 knows exactly where they were on that tragic day in American History. This was my very first visit to any memorial dedicated to those that lost their lives on this day and I must stay it's pretty sobering. I know there are quite a number of sites around the country similar to this one, as there should be so no one is so far away from one that they could ever forget. This monument is really well done, no description of these massive beams and granite monoliths that represents the twin towers on display can do them justice, it's definitely something you need to experience...

The two pieces of mangled steel arrived on a flatbed truck, under a Fire Department escort, on…read moreThursday afternoon, Feb 10, 2011. They are 18 feet long and weigh 1,400 pounds each. They were from the North Tower. They came to Enfield through a New York Port Authority program that gave Ground Zero artifacts to any public safety or municipal agency that planned to include them in a Sept. 11 display. Over 1,400 pieces of the Twin Towers now live on as a public reminder of that terrible day. The memorial at the Weymouth Road Fire Station has the beams set in a Memorial Garden. The garden is framed by an arced low stone wall that is evenly and solidly built around the sides, but is in a planned state of distress and collapse at the front. I saw similar symbolism at a Veterans Memorial in West Hartford, where the uniformity of a wall, representing America's time-line, was violently broken during times of war. You'll also see two granite pillars representing the twin towers, a grouping of stones for United 93, a large Fire Department crest and a plaque dedicated to the firemen lost on September 11, 2001.