Sussex County locals gathered at the CHEER Center to remember the 9/11 attacks. 

Community members gathered Thursday evening at the home of Roger and Carol Whitford in Lewes for the family’s annual Patriot Day of Service, held in memory of their son, Mark Whitford, and all who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

One Delmarva family who lost their son in the 9/11 terrorist attacks is inviting people to attend a Patriot Day Service at their home in Lewes.

Since the approval of a joint resolution by Congress in December 2001, Sept. 11 of each year is referred to as "Patriot Day." A day that Governor Carney has ordered the lowering of U.S. and Delaware flags.