25 Years After 9/11

September 11, 2001, is remembered as a tragic day. Nearly 3,000 people died in the largest terrorist attacks in United States history. Each year on September 11, people honor the victims. This year is the 25th anniversary of those events. Memorials will be held around the nation, including at each of the attack sites. (For more on the attacks, read “A Day of Remembering”.)

New York City’s 9/11 Memorial & Museum will host victims’ families to read the victims’ names aloud. There will be moments of silence. “It is our shared promise, made 25 years ago, to never forget,” the museum’s website reads.

Victims’ names will also be read at the Flight 93 National Memorial, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Bells will be rung in their honor.

On September 10, the Washington, D.C., 9/11 Pentagon Memorial will break ground for an education center. It will be “the first permanent place for visitors to learn the story” of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, according to Arlington Now.

The nonprofit 9/11 Day is calling for people to do 1 million good deeds in honor of the anniversary. It can be a “moment of national reflection, unity, and doing good,” says David Paine, 9/11 Day president and cofounder.

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