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Monroe Marks 25 Years Since Sept. 11 With Its Biggest Turnout Yet. Monroe County marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks this past Friday, and if the turnout at Club Beach is any indication, this milestone landed harder here than most recent anniversaries have. The Pocono Lions Club and Lake Naomi Club hosted a ceremony that drew a full seated crowd, based on the roughly 20 photos both organizations posted afterward. Speakers included Michael Kummer, Mike Finnerty, Fr. John Boyle, Maj. Jeffrey Blackman of Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pocono Mountain Regional Police Chief Chris Wagner and Capt. George Cassidy, with Juliet Dunham emceeing. Seven area fire companies and police departments sent representatives, and the program included a bagpiper, a vocalist who is an Air Force veteran, and performances from Pocono Mountain West's school chorus, band and Leo Club. Twenty five years on, that is still a lot of people showing up on a Friday morning to remember.