On Sept. 11, Wittenberg students, faculty and staff were among the 2,000 from Springfield and Clark County who gathered to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America.

The largest event in Clark County for the first anniversary, it included a memorial walk from Veterans Park to Edwards-Maurer Field, where those in attendance listened to patriotic musical performances by nine area high school marching bands and an a cappella singing of the national anthem by the Wittenberg Choir. A color guard 21-gun salute and a fly-over of four F-16s also occurred.

Prior to the walk, members of the Wittenberg and Springfield communities dedicated a tree in Commencement Hollow, which was followed by a service in Weaver Chapel titled “A Time to Remember...A Time to Hope.” Later that evening, Student Senate organized a Candlelight Vigil in Myers Hollow. About 300 students gathered for the vigil to reflect about the tragic events and to honor those who died.