Events scheduled to remember Sept. 11

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© September 8, 2008

Chesapeake

World Day of Prayer 7 p.m., Unity Renaissance Church, 1120 N. Eden Way. Information: (757) 420-5280 or www.unityrenaissance.com.

Norfolk

Blue Mass 10 a.m., St. Pius X Catholic Church, 7800 Halprin Drive. (757) 831-4132. Honoring victims of 9/11 and emergency personnel.

Freedom Walk 5:30 p.m., from Harbor Park to Wisconsin Square, followed by ceremony and collection of children's letters to troops. Information: www.hamptonroadsfreedomwalk.com.

Remembering 9/11 7 p.m., New Calvary Baptist Church, 800 East Virginia Beach Blvd. Information: (757) 622-6701.

Flower Memorial 7:30 p.m., Norfolk Botanical Garden, 6700 Azalea Garden Road. Music, Honor Guard, tribute to local emergency personnel. Information: (757) 652-0814.

Hampton

Day of Remembrance and Hope 8 a.m., Gosnold's Hope Park, 901 East Little Back River Road. Honoring service members and emergency personnel.

Suffolk

Freedom Walk 5:30 p.m., Suffolk Seaboard Station Railroad Museum, 326 N. Main St. Information: (757) 514-7257 or www.suffolk.va.us.

Virginia Beach

9/11 Commemoration 11:30 a.m., Princess Anne Country Club, 3800 Pacific Ave. Featuring Rear Adm. David M. Thomas Jr., who helped rescue Pentagon attack survivors. $17. RSVP by today to Retired Officers Wives Society of Tidewater, (757) 363-1094.

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