DECATUR — “What were you doing when you heard the country was under attack 25 years ago?”
Jim Roach lines up with the Macon County Honor Guard for the Decatur 9/11 Memorial ceremony in Nelson Park on Friday, Sept. 11. 2026.
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Fire Chief Neil Elder speaks before the ringing of the bell at the Decatur 9/11 Memorial ceremony in Nelson Park on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
H&R coverage: Decatur's 9/11 Memorial
Read the Herald & Review's coverage of Decatur's 9/11 Memorial through the years.
DECATUR – Firefighters, police officers and motorcyclists honored the victims of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by providing an impressive moto…
DECATUR – The Decatur 9/11 Memorial is a step closer to reality.
DECATUR – The Decatur 9/11 Memorial, featuring a steel I-beam salvaged from the Twin Towers, has likely found its future home in Nelson Park.
DECATUR — So many people lined up outside Oakwood Tattoo on Friday, even before the shop opened, that they were given numbers.
DECATUR — Organizers hope a nearly 30-foot 9/11 memorial on the Nelson Park lakefront featuring a steel I-beam salvaged from the Twin Towers w…
DECATUR — With the exception of its black granite base, organizers said a majority of the nearly 30-foot 9/11 memorial on Nelson Park’s lakefr…
After traveling thousands of miles from New York City to Decatur, an I-beam from the World Trade Center has made another stop in the journey to its future home at the Nelson Park 9/11 memorial.
DECATUR — Retired New York City firefighter Tim Duffy took a deep breath and admired the stainless steel structures in front of him at E.L. Pr…
DECATUR — Like many, Steve Kaufman remembers where he was on Sept. 11, 2001.
DECATUR — As they waited for the blue tarps to be removed from the 9/11 memorial late Monday afternoon, Jim and Judy Oettel took pictures of t…
DECATUR — Harriet Sadowski of Decatur sharply remembers the moment she was called to assist in relief efforts after the Sept. 11 attacks 17 ye…
A missing bench was discovered in Lake Decatur a few feet from the memorial and a maintenance crew from the Decatur Park District retrieved it. The memorial itself was not harmed.
A steel I-beam recovered from the World Trade Center is incorporated into Decatur's 30-foot stainless steel structure
Now the hunt is on to find out what happened to it.
Park police narrow search with the release of surveillance images showing people they want to talk to.
As the years pass by, those who remember Sept. 11, 2001, and its effects on the country want others to understand how important that day was.
A walk along the Lake Decatur shoreline turns up the 9/11-related artifact that went missing in two years ago from the Nelson Park memorial.
Decatur’s 9/11 memorial took years of fundraising, persistence and community support. Its mission 25 years after the attacks is as important as ever.
Contact Donnette Beckett at (217) 421-6983. Follow her on Twitter: @donnettebHR
Donnette Beckett
"Together Decatur" Columnist and Food/Drink Reporter
