23+ hour, 32+ min ago   (306+ words) Twenty-five years after one of the nation's darkest days, community members gathered to celebrate a milestone. The Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Fund broke ground Saturday on the new $100 million Visitor Education Center, a project that has been in the works for more…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (352+ words) On September 12th, 2002, there was a funeral service held at Arlington National Cemetery to honor all of the 184 victims of the attack on the Pentagon. News4’s Drew Wilder reports. A powerful feeling comes over you as you approach the Pentagon Group…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1372+ words) Roughly four minutes after American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, a ladder truck from Arlington, Virginia’s Fire Station 5 was the first unit on the scene. Twenty-five years later, hundreds gathered at the same firehouse to mark the anniversary…...

2+ day, 16+ min ago   (250+ words) Inside the D.C. Convention Center on Friday, thousands of volunteers packed red lentil jambalaya to provide 700,000 meals for local families. “Sept. 11 was a tragedy. But we really try to focus on what happened after that. Americans coming together, looking to see…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (702+ words) Watch a livestream of the ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Friday. More than 10,000 people pass through the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on its busiest days, but the vast majority likely have no idea the 9/11 attacks had a…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (22+ words) NEW YORK (AP) — New York ceremony begins marking 25 years since 9/11, with a tolling bell and a moment of silence....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (382+ words) L & C: Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History; R: Getty Images Seat belts and a flight attendant call button from the doomed United Airlines Flight 93. A purse filled with keys and a wallet recovered from the World Trade Center site. The…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (652+ words) The Southeast Public Library, part of the D.C. Public Library system, has just undergone a $41 million makeover. And this week, officials there are celebrating the reopening. The building, constructed in 1922 and one of several libraries built with funds from the Carnegie…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (583+ words) Dan Shea, the former principal at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, had a hard and fast rule about his teacher observations: He was not to be interrupted. But on the morning of 9/11, there was a knock on the…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (88+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. A long-delayed project leaves the Pentagon Memorial the only one of the…...