Mayor Adrian Fenty has declared Sept. 11 as Patriot Day in D.C., urging all residents to memorialize the terrorist attacks of six years ago “by engaging in acts of community service or other good deeds.”

The local event will be held in conjunction with national Patriot Day, a day of remembrance adopted by Congress and President Bush in 2001 soon after terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Congress issued a later proclamation urging U.S. citizens to observe Patriot Day through acts of voluntary service, compassion and charity.