FORT DRUM, N.Y. (WWTI) - Fort Drum's 9/11 Memorial serves as a way for the base to honor the victims and remember the events of that tragic day.

The monument is located in front of Clark Hall and came about from an idea by Michael Plummer, then-executive officer of the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division and former division chief of staff.

Plummer said he got the idea after visiting the Pearl Harbor memorial in Hawaii. He wanted to have a visible reminder to the events that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, Plummer felt it would be appropriate at Fort Drum, given the service and sacrifices of community members who responded to the attacks that day and in the subsequent war on terrorism.

The base held its first remembrance ceremony one year later in 2002 at the Multipurpose Audi

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