Sept. 9 (UPI) — Remembrance events will be held at U.S. national cemeteries throughout 34 states and Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the nation pauses to commemorate the Sept. 11 , 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
The Veterans Administration will host more than 60 National Day of Service and Remembrance events at the national cemeteries on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which killed 2,977 people in the single largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil.
In addition to the remembrance services, the VA’s National Cemetery Administration says it is partnering with volunteer group Carry the Load and AmeriCorps for a series of 9/11 events in which volunteers will clean headstones and participate in other beautification activities at VA national cemeteries.
“We encourage everyone to join us at one of this year’s September 11 National Day of Service events to honor the nation’s heroes who served and sacrificed 23 years ago,” Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Ronald Walters said in a statement . “Our acts of volunteer service at cemeteries across the country tell these heroes that we have not forgotten their bravery and all they sacrificed for the country.”