SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – As 9/11 approaches, several cities across the ArkLaTex are planning events to remember the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks by Al-Qaida. Memorials and events across the region offer the public a chance to honor those lost in the attacks.
The Texarkana Regional Airport hosts an annual memorial that includes a piece of the Pentagon on display.
A steel beam from the original World Trade Center is featured at Bossier City’s Liberty Garden, open to the public year-round. The City of Bossier City and Keep Bossier Beautiful hold an annual 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Bossier City Municipal Complex. This year the event will host a presentation by Ret. Lt. Col. Oliver Jenkins of the U.S. Marine Corps and the student essay winner “What is a Hero” from Bossier Elementary.
The Barksdale Global Power Museum houses memorabilia from President George W. Bush’s visit and historic address to the nation from Barksdale Air Force Base. The museum is open to members of the public who apply and are approved for a Barksdale AFB Museum Access Pass beforehand. Visitors with a Common Access Card or military sponsor do not need to complete the visitor request form. Masks are required.
We created an interactive map listing memorial services and monuments marking the somber anniversary. You can visit static displays now or at any time to honor those who died and reflect on the day that changed America in many ways.
Arkansas
Cossatot Community College Memorial Garden
183 AR-399, De Queen, AR, 71832
Arkansas 9/11 Memorial
El Dorado Conference Center
Corner of Locust and West
311 S. West Ave., El Dorado, AR 71730
Texarkana Regional Airport
201 Airport Drive, Texarkana, AR 71854
Louisiana
Barksdale Global Power Museum
Mon. through Fri. from 9:00 AM-3:30 PM
*Except on federal holidays
88 Shreveport Road, Bossier City, LA 71112
9-11 Remembrance Ceremony
Bossier City Municipal Complex
Mon. Sept. 11, 2023, 9:00 AM
620 Benton Road, Bossier City, LA 71111
Annual 9/11 Commemorative Stair Climb
BHP Billiton YMCA
Mon. Sept. 11, 2023, All Day, beginning at 5:00 AM
3455 Knight Street Shreveport, LA 71105
Texas
Longview Fire Department Memorial
Longview Fire Department Training Center
411 American Legion Blvd., Longview, TX 75601
Veterans Park
1216 E. Park Ln., Longview, TX 75601
US Army Sgt. Edwin Morales salutes after placing flowers for fallen FDNY firefighter Ruben D. Correa at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in New York. Americans will commemorate 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 
Dignitaries complete the ceremonial sealing of a time capsule placed within a stone monument outside the Oculus transit station to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Friday, April 30, 2021, in New York. The capsule will rest outside one of Manhattan’s busiest transit hubs near the 9/11 Memorial where it is intended to be opened in a hundred years time. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 
A giant American flag is unfurled as the national anthem is plated at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in New York. Americans will commemorate 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 
A child looks on a mass of flowers placed in the name cut-outs of the deceased at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in New York. Americans will commemorate 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 
US Army Sgt. Edwin Morales places flowers for fallen FDNY firefighter Ruben D. Correa at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in New York. Americans will commemorate 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 
Flowers are placed in the inscribed names of deceased at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in New York. Americans will commemorate 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 
A large flag is unfurled at the Pentagon ahead of ceremonies at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial to honor the 184 people killed in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, in Washington, Friday Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) 
A man kneels at the Washingtonville Firefighters World Trade Center Memorial on the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Washingtonville, N.Y. (AP Photo/Paul Kazdan) 
Firefighters salute in front of FDNY Ladder 10 Engine 10 near the 9/11 Memorial on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in New York. Americans are commemorating 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign, drawing President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden to pay respects at the same memorial without crossing paths.(AP Photo/Kevin Hagen). 
The sun shines above the “Tower of Voices” at the Flight 93 National Memorial, Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Shanksville, Pa. The tower containing 40 wind chimes honors the 40 people that died in the crash of Flight 93 in the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) 
ADVANCE FOR PUBLICATION ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, AND THEREAFTER – Retired NYPD Officer Mark DeMarco, is seen in a reflection off a display cabinet where he keeps memorabilia from 9/11 including the small flashlight which he used to help him navigate his way out of the rubble of the fallen skyscrapers, in his home in the Staten Island borough of New York on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. He worries that the public memory of the attacks is fading, that the passage of time has created a false sense of security. “Have fun with life. Don’t be afraid,” he says. “But be mindful.” (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) 
ADVANCE FOR PUBLICATION ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, AND THEREAFTER – Désirée Bouchat, a survivor of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, looks at photos of those who perished, in a display at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in New York. While Sept. 11 was a day of carnage, it also was a story of survival: Nearly 3,000 people were killed, but an estimated 33,000 or more people evacuated the World Trade Center and Pentagon. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
