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On the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11th, the Mill Mountain Star will change from its red, white and blue illumination to its original all-white glow.
After 10 years of shining red, white and blue throughout Roanoke, the Mill Mountain Star will go back to its original white illumination Sunday. The change is coming about to remind people of the change in the first place. People were forgetting it was red, white and blue.
The City of Roanoke changed the neon star to red, white, and blue in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and for the most part has been illuminated that way ever since. However, in 2007 for one month after the Virginia Tech shootings it was changed back to white. Also, on that event’s 1 year anniversary, the star was turned off an went dark for one night.
This star is the world's largest freestanding illuminated man-made star, constructed in 1949 at the top of Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia. After construction of the star, Roanoke was nicknamed "Star City of the South". Can you see it from your home or apartment in Roanoke, VA?
On Sunday, to commemorate the attacks, the star will go white once again.
