Eastplain Elementary School in the Plainedge School District recently hosted a dedication ceremony for a sitting area and garden in honor of former graduate and NYPD Detective Brian Moore, as well as for those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
The area featured three blue benches surrounding a flower bed and a Callery Pear Tree, which was grown from the only surviving tree near the original Ground Zero site in New York City.
Students and staff wore blue to honor Moore, and representatives from the Moore family, the 105th precinct and members of the Plainedge 
Board of Education and administration, were all present for the dedication. The ceremony included speeches, student performances and the planting of the memorial tree.
