Dear editor:

The Lake Report’s editorial of Sept. 19 (“Editorial: Remembering 9/11 in NOTL“) states that the public’s attendance at NOTL’s 9/11 ceremony has been “lagging” and this year, it was particularly low.

Kevin MacLean blames the town’s poor job of promotion. My view is that the public is no longer interested in attending.

On Sept. 11, 2001, I was living in Washington, D.C. When I moved to Niagara-on-the Lake in 2004, I was surprised to find that the town held a 9/11 commemoration even though not one citizen from NOTL died during the tragedy.

I have never attended one of the town’s 9/11 ceremonies. I prefer to watch the ceremonies at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pa., in which family members of those who died that day participate.

For me, those commemorations have much more meaning.

Elizabeth Masson
NOTL