Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The 1950s Park Forest House Museum, at 141 Forest Blvd, announces its Fall 2011 hours. The museum will be open September through November, Wednesdays 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Saturdays 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. The museum will be open two extra hours on Saturday, September 24, from 11[Read More…]
Day: September 11, 2011
Historical Society To Celebrate Volunteers, Past and Present, at Sept. 25 Annual Meeting
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Historical Society will hold, "A Celebration of our Volunteers, Past and Present," Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. in Park Forest Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive. The celebration will be preceded by a brief Annual Meeting and election of board members, with reports from[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of September 12, 2011
Residents gather Sunday to remember 9-11-2001 at the site of the Fire and Police Memorial. (ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 12, 2011. One of Park Forest’s autumn highlights is the annual Park Forest Art Fair which will be held this year on Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18 in DownTown[Read More…]
Remarks by Vice President Biden at the Pentagon 9/11 10th Anniversary Commemoration
Arlington, VA–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2011 – 10:00 A.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Mr. Secretary, it’s I’m the one who is honored to be given the privilege to speak at such an important memorial ceremony. Admiral Mullen, Speaker Boehner, members of our armed forces and above all, the family[Read More…]
White House Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest Aboard Air Force One, September 11, 2011
En route Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2011 – 10:24 A.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good morning, everybody. Q Good morning. MR. EARNEST: So a couple of updates that I’ll start with. At 8:00 a.m. this morning the President’s senior counterterrorism advisor John Brennan convened a meeting of senior counterterrorism[Read More…]
Arkansas Firm Recalls Ground Turkey Products Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination; Products Distributed Nationwide
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2011 – Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, a Springdale, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 185,000 pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Heidelberg, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include:[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the September 11th 10th Anniversary Commemoration
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2011 – 8:47 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. Though its waters roar and[Read More…]
Remarks by Vice President Biden at Dedication of Flight 93 Memorial
Shanksville, PA–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2011 – 2:25 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Americans, I’m honored to be standing here today, standing with two former Presidents. President Clinton, as he said, the passengers on Flight 93 knew that our common humanity is what united us most. Well, Mr.[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Three Army Casualties, September 11, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Sept. 9 in Paktia, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with small arms fire. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 279 Infantry[Read More…]
Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Device Kills 2 Afghan Civilians; Injures 77 ISAF Personnel
KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–Sep. 11, 2011. Two Afghan civilians were killed and a significant number of ISAF and Afghan civilians were injured as a result of the Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Device attack at approx 5:30 p.m. at Combat Outpost Sayed Abad, Wardak province, yesterday. Seventy-seven ISAF personnel and less than 25[Read More…]