AT 8:46 a.m. Sept. 11, bells will ring in firehouses and churches across the United States. The strains of Mozart's Requiem will be heard in time zones worldwide, sung by symphonies and school choirs.

　　Splinters of the destroyed buildings will be on display in states such as Nevada, Tennessee, Ohio and Wyoming. Americans will gather at public plazas and government buildings in cities and towns across the country for moments of silence and remembrances.

　　At the epicenters of the attacks, in New York City, the Pentagon, and a rural Pennsylvania town, government leaders will join victims' families in remembering the first anniversary of the attacks. In Boston, where terrorists boarded the planes that destroyed the World Trade Center, all takeoffs and landings will halt for a minute at the moment the first tower was struck a year ago.

　　But the day will also be marked in smaller ways, with candlelight vigils, music and prayer services in thousands of American communities that felt the shock waves.

　　As part of the so-called Rolling Requiem, organized by a group of Seattle singers, Mozart's work will be performed at 8:46 a.m. local time in at least 21 time zones around the world, including 43 states and 24 countries.

　　In addition to remembering those who died and honoring police, firefighters and the military, event organizers are using the anniversary to honor the fundamental American freedoms that were attacked that day.

　　At ground zero, New York Governor George Pataki will read the Gettysburg Address and New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey will read parts of the Declaration of Independence.

　　The Library of Virginia will display the state's 1789 original manuscript copy of the proposed United States Bill of Rights, with its original 12 amendments.

　　Public schools in several states will honor the day with special events, including a moment of silence at 9:40 a.m. in all Washington, D.C. classrooms. That is the time when a plane carrying three of the district's students and three teachers struck the Pentagon.

　　In Augusta, Georgia, children at some elementary schools will dress in red, white and blue, while other students will gather around the flag pole to sing "God Bless America."

　　Traffic will stop for a minute at 9 a.m. in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Planes will perform flyovers in states including Colorado, Iow Atlanta. Doves of peace will be released in Reno, Nevada.

　　And in Hawaii, the last U.S. state where Mozart's Requiem will be played, the islands' four mayors are inviting people to step outside their homes, classrooms and workplaces to observe a moment of silence.

　　(SD-Agencies)