From New York to California 25 meaningful memorials to 9/11

Twenty-five years after the attacks of Sept.11, 2001, the memory of that terrible day lives on in thousands of places across the country — from grand national memorials to quiet neighborhood tributes.Some sit where the planes fell.

Others stand hundreds or even thousands of miles away, built by communities determined to remember the people they lost and the first responders who answered the call.The memorials may be scattered from New York to Arizona to Kansas, but Sal Lifrieri, a former NYPD detective who served as director of New York City’s Office of Emergency Management during the 9/11 attacks, said the distance doesn’t make the tragedy any less personal.“You can’t go anywhere in the world without coming in contact or knowing someone that was affected — had a family member, relative or friend — that was touched by 9/11,” Lifrieri told The Post.The memorials aren’t simply relics of a tragedy frozen in 2001.Lifrieri sees them as part of an American tradition of remembrance.“The 9/11 attacks were this generation’s Pearl Harbor and and these remembrances are important — the ceremony is a reminder of our vulnerability during the attack,” he said.New York urban painter and muralist Tom Christopher told The Post that the most effective memorials don’t let the sheer scale of 9/11 overwhelm the people behind the numbers.“A meaningful memorial has to make something enormous feel human again,” he said.

“Twenty-five years later, the numbers and images are part of history, but behind every number was a person who had a family, a routine, a favorite restaurant, a train they took to work.”Here are 25 memorials across the nation to know:The most visited 9/11 memorial sits where the Twin Towers once stood with two enormous reflecting pools occupying their footprints and the names of every victim etched into bronze surrounding them. Designed by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker, the nearly eight-acre plaza also cont...