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Fewer and fewer current Girl Scouts were alive on Sept. 11, 2001, which makes it hard for them to know how to relate, according to Allen, the service unit manager for the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Girl Scouts.
“It shifts from a current event to history,” she said.
A group of six young Girl Scouts attended the 9/11 ceremony Thursday marking 13 years since the terrorist attack that claimed nearly 3,000 lives, including 12 from Mamaroneck and Larchmont. The Girl Scouts sang “God Bless America” in front of what is known as Girl Scout Rock.
The memorial was dedicated by the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Girl Scouts in 2002 and holds two plaques honoring the first responders and victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. One of the 12 members of the Larchmont and Mamaroneck community who lost their lives that day was the father of a Girl Scout.
In 2011, a group of Girl Scouts who grew up together added a bench to the memorial, which the town matched to make two benches, so people can sit and reflect.
“It’s great that so many people still turn out,” Allen said. “I wish we had more Girl Scouts. But, it’s early in the school year, and a lot of Girl Scout troops aren’t even meeting yet.”
Larchmont resident Bob Meglio was happy to attend the ceremony.
“Whether or not it’s short, it doesn’t matter,” he said. “It’s a place for us to spend a moment with neighbors, friends and family.”
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