At the groundbreaking ceremony for the memorial, William E. Snell, Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer of F&M Trust, presented a check to Rev. William Harter, chairman of the Letterkenny Chapel Committee, and 9/11 Memorial Fund committee members G. Warren Elliott and Charles Sioberg.  The United Churches of the Chambersburg Area (UCCA) and 9/11 Memorial Fund committee have set a campaign goal of $250,000 to $300,000.

The 9/11 Memorial will consist of a sculpture including three steel beams from the World Trade Center.  Sculptor Michael Fisher will arrange the beams on a 10-foot square granite clad base to resemble the collapse of the buildings following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The sculpture will weigh nearly a ton and will be completed in time for Armed Forces Day on May 19, 2012.

The memorial will be surrounded by a walkway lined with flags representing police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and 911 responders.  In addition, a walkway lined with flags from the five military services will lead from the 9/11 Memorial to the future site of a veterans’ memorial.

F&M Trust is an independent community bank headquartered in Chambersburg with approximately $1 billion in assets.  With twenty-five community-banking offices in Franklin, Cumberland, Fulton, and Huntington Counties, the bank has offices in Chambersburg, St. Thomas, Waynesboro, Mont Alto, Greencastle, Marion, Shippensburg, Newville, Carlisle, Camp Hill, Boiling Springs, McConnellsburg, Warfordsburg, Hustontown, and Orbisonia.

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