Duluth leaders schedule 9/11 tribute; learn how day shaped resident

Duluth resident, artist and sculptor Kathy Fincher discusses The Dream Keepers monument at the Duluth Town Green. (Courtesy Ciity of Duluth)

Duluth resident, artist and sculptor Kathy Fincher discusses The Dream Keepers monument at the Duluth Town Green. (Courtesy Ciity of Duluth)

Duluth and The Dream Keepers will present “A Remembrance of 9/11” with guest speakers Kathy Fincher and Rodney M. Cook Jr. on Wed., Sept. 11. The two-part remembrance will start at the Dream Keepers monument on Duluth Town Green at 6:30 p.m. with Kathy Fincher, artist and sculptor, who will share the story behind Duluth’s 9/11 public art. The second portion of the event will take place at the Red Clay Theater at 7:30 p.m. where Rodney Cook shares his story.

“The events of 9/11 changed me forever. Of three close college fraternity brothers, only I am alive today. The tragedy almost took my father-in-law as well. The ramifications of this event will impact the United States for over a century” said guest speaker Rodney M. Cook Jr.