09/04/2026
🇺🇸 9/11 MEMORIAL FLAG RUN 🇺🇸FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th🇺🇸
This September 11th, our community will once again come together to remember, honor, and never forget.
Local Veteran and community member, Kevin Moses has organized a 9.11-mile Memorial Flag Run from the Stanley Volunteer Fire Department to the Luray Volunteer Fire Department in remembrance of the lives lost, the first responders who answered the call, and all those forever impacted by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
⚠️ PLEASE PLAN AHEAD NEXT FRIDAY ⚠️
Motorists traveling through Stanley (along E Main St, Stanley and 340 Business) on the route toward Luray on the morning of September 11th should expect runners, support vehicles, temporary traffic interruptions, and possible delays beginning around 8:45 AM until approximately 11:30 AM.
Please allow additional travel time, consider an alternate route when possible, slow down, remain alert, and give the runners plenty of room. We appreciate everyone’s patience as they travel through our community.
The run will begin at 8:46 AM, marking the time American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
The 9.11-mile route will include meaningful stops at:
🇺🇸 Stanley Elementary School - sharing the significance of September 11 with the next generation and honoring the courage of the first responders and everyday Americans who answered the call.
🇺🇸 Ed Good Memorial Park - pausing at Stanley’s 9/11 memorial, which includes a piece of steel recovered from Ground Zero.
🇺🇸 Antioch Independent Bible Church - where the special 9/11 flag carried by the runners will be raised to half-staff in remembrance.
🇺🇸 Luray Volunteer Fire Department - where the run will conclude with the American Flag being presented to firefighters gathered to receive the Colors.
Twenty-five years later, the responsibility to remember belongs to all of us.
On September 11th, fly your flag. Step outside. Encourage the runners. Talk to your children about why this day matters.
May we remember those we lost, honor those who ran toward danger, and never forget the way Americans stood together in the days that followed.
🇺🇸 WE WILL NEVER FORGET. 🇺🇸