Locals Furious After Islamic Banner is Draped Over 9/11 Memorial in California Cemetery (VIDEO)
by Mike LaChance Mar. 21, 2026
The owner of the cemetery apparently gave permission for the banner to be put up but did not realize it would be placed over the memorial. It was taken down after people voiced their outrage.
Do you think this was an innocent mistake?
NBC News in the Bay Area reports:
Concord cemetery removes banner draped over 9/11 memorial after backlash
A banner draped over a 9/11 memorial, which was advertising a new Islamic portion of a Contra Costa County cemetery, was removed after receiving backlash.
The owner of the Memorial Gardens Cemetery said he recently sold a portion of the property to an Islamic family who plans to open memorial garden. He said he gave them permission to put up signage but did not authorize them to drape it over the 9/11 installation.
He ordered it to be removed as soon as he learned about it. Workers took it down just before noon, but many said it should have never been placer at the 9/11 memorial site in the first place.
Danny Kimmel, a Concord resident, said the banner advertising an Islamic memorial garden was draped over the 9/11 memorial located in front of the cemetery where his mother is buried.
“I felt a punch to the gut type of thing,” he said. “To see that sign on that memorial is kind of nutty is my thoughts.”
The Kimmels are a blue star family. Danny’s older brother was killed in Vietnam, and he said his mother would be rolling in her grave if she saw the banner.
See the video report below:
How does something like this happen by accident?
Too many people have forgotten the scope and horror of 9/11, which is why it is important to highlight stories like this one when they happen.
Our country must never forget.
