Virginia’s Patriot Day Ceremony will be held Monday, September 12 at 11 a.m. in the Heilman Amphitheater at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond. The ceremony will commemorate the 21 st anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagonalong with the downing of the jet in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. According to the Roanoke Star former Governor James S. Gilmore will be the keynote speaker. He was in office on the day of the attacks.