PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Twenty-three years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the country is remembering.

In Berkshire County, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 448 hosted a ceremony honoring five Berkshire County Iraq and Afghanistan war service members who were killed in action after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The five veterans were Stephen M. Wells, Daniel H. Petithory, Mitchell K. Daehling, Glenn R. Allison and Michael R. DeMarsico II.

One of the speakers was Brian Willette, who served in the U.S. Army and is a part of the American Legion Post 260.

“It is our duty, our first duty, to remember and to never allow the public or even ourselves to forget the significance of today and what happened next,” Willette said.

Mayor Peter Marchetti spoke at the event and said it’s important for the community to come together every year to remember, and it’s a part of the healing process.

“If we think back to September 12, 2001, the community really rallied together, patriotism was at an all-time high and those are things we need to remember every year on this day, as well as the lives that we lost,” said Marchetti.

The ceremony took place at Veteran’s Memorial Park at the Iraq and Afghanistan War Memorial, and it ended with a wreath laying, ringing of a bell for each of the five fallen, a rifle salute and the playing of Taps.