“To remember, lest we
forget.”
Today, Sept. 11, let us remember the fallen and celebrate life, liberty and freedom through roses.
Firefighter, a beautiful dark red hybrid tea hybridized by Orard in
1999, is the first of the eleven roses to be named for the Remember Me Rose Gardens to honor the 343 firefighters who lost
their lives on September 11, 2001 while trying to save lives in the World Trade
Center. Firefighter also honors those
men and women who risk their lives daily to protect ours.
Firefighter is a tall hybrid tea about 5-6 ft tall with a perfect flower form, about 4-6 inches and disease resistant. Petal count is about 40-45 and has a very strong fragrance. Firefighter won the City of Portland Gold Medal Award for 2007.
To honor and pay tribute to all
the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Sue Casey of
Portland, Oregon formed an organization called Remember Me Rose Gardens to
create three rose gardens on or near the sites of the terrorist attacks in New
York, at the Pentagon and at a field in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County in
Pennsylvania.
