Field of Flags

9/11 Field of Flags
Event focuses on Remembrance, Respect and Recognition

Bonnie Brae will mark the ten year anniversary of 9/11 with a tribute to our local veterans, first responders, and those families who lost loved ones in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Bonnie Brae students have been busy covering the large front field of the campus with flags, staking one flag for each of the lives lost on September 11, 2001.

Many of the students residing at Bonnie Brae have only vague memories of the attacks, and some were too young to remember the day at all. School Principal Donna Crane and Coach Tom Melvin felt this was a positive way to educate the students about the day, while paying respect to our local veterans, first responders, as well as families that lost loved ones that day ten years ago.


Additionally, a luncheon will be held on campus September 9th. Invited guests will include the Basking Ridge Fire Department, Liberty Corner Fire Department and Rescue Squad, as well as local veterans residing at the Lyons Veterans facility across the street from Bonnie Brae. Principal Crane reflected: “The field of flags is a wonderful way to mark the occasion and pay our respects to those who continue to put their lives on the line to protect our community.” The flags will be displayed on the field for the next three weeks, and will be visible from Valley Road, the main street that passes in front of the 100 acre campus in Bernards Township.