September 19, 2002

The nation's mayors led 9/11 anniversary events in 355 U.S. cities according to an online database created by the U.S. Conference of Mayors that is still accessible at www.usmayors.org.

The Conference created the database for the public and the press to view all the national commemorative events that cities were organizing to honor the victims and heroes of September 11.

City activities included interfaith memorial services, bell or siren ringing, moments of silence, free admission and special exhibits at local museums, and more.

More than 35,000 internet users visited the 9/11 event map from 9/10-9/12 — the largest daily average for a single web page in the history of the U.S. Conference of Mayors website. Overall the database map has been visited over 45,000 times in the 25 days that it's been available.