On Sunday evening, several North Texas communities will unite to solemnly remember the lives taken on September 11, 2001, as well as the service members lost in subsequent wars. According to the City of Lewisville's official announcement, leaders from Lewisville, Highland Village, Hickory Creek, Corinth, Shady Shores, Lake Dallas, Denton, and Denton County are set to participate in the "Red, White, and Blue Freedom Walk." This tribute aims to honor and reflect on the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks that shook New York, Washington D.C., and Shanksville, Penn.

The serene Lewisville Lake pedestrian bridge will be the stage for this remembrance gathering, where officials will conduct a "virtual handoff" of American flags at sundown. To truly make the memorial event a unifying act, participants are encouraged to act as bearers of flags symbolizing the nation's resilience — the American flag, the Texas flag, or banners representing different branches of the U.S. military. According to information provided by the City of Lewisville's official announcement, organizers are requesting that attendees abstain from displaying political regalia that could disrupt the unity of the occasion.

Community members hailing from south of the bridge are set to gather at 310 Highland Village Road, whereas those from the north will assemble at the intersection of Oak Ridge Drive and the southbound I-35E service road. Both groups will march at 6:30 p.m. in hopes of rendezvousing at the bridge's midpoint. In the dying light of the day, a moment will be captured—a snapshot to be uploaded and added to a national collage of similar tributes, visually narrating the flag's journey across the country from sunrise to sunset.

While the walk is anchored in the remembrance of the horrific events of 9/11, it also serves to extend honor to the 5,461 service members who have valorously laid down their lives in the wars that followed the attacks.