Tusculum College to host September 11 remembrance service on Wednesday

Local first responders will take part in a remembrance service at Tusculum College on Wednesday. The remembrance service will be at 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, in front of Niswonger Commons. The public is invited to the service.

The event is an Arts and Lecture series credit event for Tusculum College residential students.

As part of the service, local emergency responders will be sharing reflections of their experiences on September 11 and what the day’s events meant to them as emergency personnel.

Taking part will be Mark Foulks, chief of the Greeneville Fire Department; Danny Greene, chief of the Tusculum Police Department, and Robert Sane, director of the Greeneville-Greene County Emergency Medical Service.

Also taking part in the service is Mark Stokes, director of religious life and church and community relations at Tusculum. Mr. Wayne Murphy, director of Campus Safety and a former member of the U.S. Air Force will lead the Pledge of Allegiance. The Pioneer Band will play the National Anthem.