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Rockville Centre September 11, 2001 Memorial

 
 
Rockville Centre September 11th Memorial Marker, Side One image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 20, 2025
1. Rockville Centre September 11th Memorial Marker, Side One
Inscription. Main Panel: Forever in our Hearts, Thoughts and Prayers

We will never forget those from our Rockville Centre Community lost on September 11, 2001.

Left Panel: Janice Marie Ashley • James W. Barbella • Frank H. Brennan • Matthew J. Burke • James E. Cove • Thomas G. Crotty • Jacqueline Donovan • Robert Fazio, Jr., NYPD • Steven Geller • Peter V. Genco, Jr. • Deputy Chief Edward F. Geraghty, FDNY • Jimmy Geyer • Lt. Geoffrey Guja, RN, FDNY • Matthew J. Grzymalski • Michael L. Hannan • Jim Haran • Capt. Terence S. Hatton, FDNY • Thomas A. Hobbs • Joseph G. Hunter, FDNY • Arthur Jones • Vincent D. Kane • James "Kells" Kelly • David R. Leistman • John Robinson Lenoir • Stephen Gerard Hoffman • Battalion Chief Stephen James Geraghty, FDNY • Charles F. Kerrigan, RVCFD • Battalion Chief Richard E. McGuire, FDNY • Lt. Zachary A. Slavin, NYPD

Right Panel: Elizabeth "Beth" Logler • Noell C. Maerz • Brian Magee • Terence J. Manning • Thomas Michael McHale • Donald James McIntyre • Ralph J. Mercurio • Michael Dermott Mullan, RN, FDNY • John J. Murray • Karen Susan Navarro • Timothy M. O'Brien • Maureen "Rene" Olson • Christopher
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M. Panatier • Andrew I. Rosenblum • Edward W. Schunk • Michael H. Seaman • John Anthony Sherry • Stephen Siller, FDNY • Andrew Stern • Paul Talty, NYPD • Stephen E. Tighe • Mary L. Wieman • John Wright, Jr. • James F. Murphy IV • Daniel Patrick Morrissey • Michael J. Schnitzer • Robert Emmet Sullivan

Reverse Panel: To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
Thomas Campbell
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks.
 
Location. 40° 39.559′ N, 73° 38.393′ W. Memorial is in Rockville Centre, New York, in Nassau County. It can be reached from the intersection of Maple Avenue and Lee Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 16 Maple Avenue, Rockville Centre NY 11570, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the New York City Metropolitan Area and on Long Island. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically,
Rockville Centre September 11th Memorial Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 20, 2025
2. Rockville Centre September 11th Memorial Marker, Side Two
it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Village of Rockville Centre (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles P. Ketler Municipal Power Plant (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); South Side Middle School World War I Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Rockville Centre World War I Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); 30 Pounder Parrott Gun (approx. 0.3 miles away); South Side (approx. 0.3 miles away); John Michael Ahern (approx. 0.3 miles away); September 11, 2001 Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockville Centre.
 
September 11, 2001 Memorial Left Panel image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 20, 2025
3. September 11, 2001 Memorial Left Panel
September 11, 2001 Memorial Right Panel image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 20, 2025
4. September 11, 2001 Memorial Right Panel
Rockville Centre September 11, 2001 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 20, 2025
5. Rockville Centre September 11, 2001 Memorial
The 9/11 Memorial is located in the rear of the Village Green.
Village Green image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 20, 2025
6. Village Green
Residents gather each year at the Village Green to honor the 56 Rockville Centre residents who died on September 11, 2001 and from related illnesses.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 122 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 21, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York.   6. submitted on September 22, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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