The public is invited to join the Wheeling Fire Department for its annual Fallen Firefighter Memorial Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the city’s Fallen Firefighter Memorial, located at 14th and Water streets.

This year’s solemn ceremony marks the 35th anniversary of Assistant Chief Robert Foster’s line-of-duty death and will honor nine other Wheeling firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice.

The ceremony will include an invocation, a reading of the names of the fallen and the traditional bell ceremony. Remarks will also reflect on the toll of losing a firefighter and the lasting impact on their families.