President Bush attended a solemn ceremony on the grounds Thursday, along with dignitaries and family members of those killed in the attack.

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In New York, families and friends who lost loved ones at the World Trade Center gathered at Ground Zero for a solemn ceremony.

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But the other moment that's really worth highlighting here happened after the parade and after a more solemn ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

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Yet on August 27th Jack Layton, leader of the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), who died of cancer on August 22nd at the age of 61, will be laid to rest in Toronto with all the pomp and solemn ceremony that official Canada can muster.

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In most cases of fallen service members, there is a solemn funeral ceremony when their remains are returned home, and a respectful obituary in the local newspaper.

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Out of these talks came a government plan, unveiled last month by President Eduardo Frei in a solemn, tense ceremony in the presidential palace.

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Many family members wept quietly and embraced one another as the ceremony continued, with solemn music playing softly in the background.

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