RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Countless people across the U.S., and here at home, are coming together to mourn the 9/11 victims -- and some chose to remember loved ones and reflect on those victims at the Virginia War Memorial.

History was forever changed that day, cutting lives short and ushering in the War on Terror. However, some at the war memorial say the attack formed a family thankful for freedoms in America and dedicated to teaching the next generation what happened 24 years ago.

On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people perished between plane crashes at the World Trade Center, The Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. But their memory always stays alive on these Americans' watches at the war memorial.

Bands sing, play the sound of taps and the memorial bell rings. Some re

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