Patriot Day events set around community

Kiersten Parson (center), then the Columbia High JROTC Battalion Commander, leads the cadets on the annual 9/11 Memorial March at the school last year during Patriot Day.
Kiersten Parson (center), then the Columbia High JROTC Battalion Commander, leads the cadets on the annual 9/11 Memorial March at the school last year during Patriot Day.

Nearly a quarter century ago, a group of terrorists changed America when they hijacked airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.

Since that day, …