People across the US are re-commemorating the legacy of 9/11 in 2023's celebration this Monday. Memorials, firehouses, city halls, and multiple places around the country are expected to commemorate the attacks on New York City and Washington DC when terrorists boarded planes and used them as weapons to attack the World Trade Center's twin towers and the Pentagon, respectively.
Media outlets across the country are also expected to broadcast or stream the commemorations live from New York and Washington.
Related events are also scheduled in the Big Apple in relation to the commemorations, the New York Post reported.
The 2001 attack claimed nearly 3,000 lives and reshaped US foreign policy and domestic fears for the rest of the 21st century to date.
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Remembering 9/11 Beyond NYC and Washington
While the major ceremonies would take place on the two major attack sites, as well as in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a fourth plane crashed after passengers of United Flight 93 fought back, cities and towns across the US are planning to commemorate 9/11, especially locations where some of the victims and first responders were native residents of.
Outside New York itself, the most significant 9/11 memorial service would be held at New Jersey's Monmouth county, which became home to some of the victims. In the lead-up to the event, county officials have declared September 11 a holiday this year so that county employees and the public could attend commemorations.
Other Americans involve themselves in volunteer work on September 11th, which Congress has since designated as "Patriot Day" and National Day of Service and Remembrance.
Biden, Harris, Spouses to Commemorate 9/11 at Multiple Places
US President Joe Biden is due to commemorate 9/11 at a ceremony on a military base in Anchorage, Alaska after his visit to India and Vietnam - the former for the G20 summit. He would be the very first US president to commemorate 9/11 in Alaska, or anywhere in the western part of the country.
Representing Biden in New York's National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum plaza is Vice President Kamala Harris. She is not scheduled to make any speeches as the ceremony typically involves the reading of the names of the dead, the ringing of the bell at key moments of the 9/11 attack in between, and a triple-canon playing of Taps by buglers from New York's police, fire, and ambulance services.
US First Lady Dr. Jill Biden would represent her husband in the Pentagon ceremony, while Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff would represent his wife at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Stoystown.
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