Visit to the Garden Of Remembrance - Lockerbie
Ride out on the VFR over to Lockerbie, pay a visit to the Garden of Remembrance, onwards to Dumfries then a run over the Davleen Pass. Returning home via the A708, stopping off at Grey Mares Tail & St Mary's Loch.
UK: 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF LOCKERBIE AIR DISASTER MARKED (2)
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Mourners have been marking the tenth anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 1-0-3 in Lockerbie.
The plane crashed into the Scottish town on December 21 1988, after being blown up by a terrorist bomb.
All 259 people on the flight were killed, as well as 11 of the town's residents.
Lockerbie is still trying to recover from the events of December 21 1988.
It was onto this small Scottish town, and the hills and fields around it, that the remains of Pan-Am flight 1-0-3 were scattered in flames that night.
This is the first year since then that Lockerbie has put up Christmas lights.
On Monday a wreath laying service was held in Dryfesdale Cemetery's Garden of Remembrance.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, was among those who attended the ceremony.
Many of those murdered were from the United States and some of their relatives had chosen to travel to Lockerbie for the anniversary.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
You would want me to say thank you to all the families who came in grief to Lockerbie from the United States of America and many other countries. They came to Lockerbie, they offered us their love, they helped this community to rise from the ashes to new life. For their abiding love and friendship we are sincerely grateful.
SUPER CAPTION:Father Pat Keegans, Lockerbie Parish Priest
Diplomatic efforts to bring the two Libyans accused of the bombing to trial have intensified in recent months.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Ten years ago for you and for us a bomb was ticking. Be assured of this - there is another bomb ticking - the irresistible bomb of justice and truth. Be certain that our wreath-laying today is not a symbolic gesture. It is a declaration that we will not rest until we have justice and truth, until all who are responsible for your deaths are held accountable.
SUPER CAPTION:Father Pat Keegans, Lockerbie Parish Priest
Prince Philip left his own tribute to the victims, before meeting one of those who had made the emotional pilgrimage to Lockerbie, Bert Ammerman, the leader of the American relatives' group.
Ammerman's brother, Tom, died in the bombing.
His daughters had come with him to Scotland, the first time they had seen the memorial inscribed with their uncle's name.
A low-key memorial service was planned for later on Monday, beginning at 7:03 p.m. (1903 GMT), the moment when the plane hit the ground.
Other services were scheduled at the same moment at London's Westminster Abbey, in Arlington, Virginia, where a memorial to the dead has been erected, and Syracuse, New York, which lost 35 college students in the crash.
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UK: 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF LOCKERBIE BOMBING (V)
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VOICED BY: VERA FRANKL
American relatives of some of the 270 people who died in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 on December 21 1988 are in the Scottish town of Lockerbie to mark the 10th anniversary of the disaster.
Bert Ammerman, the leader of the American relatives group who lost his brother in the bombing, paid his respects at the cemetery.
He said that it would be scandalous if the trial of two Libyans suspected of involvement in the bombing did not now go ahead.
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On Sunday Bert Ammerman, the leader of the American relatives group, visited Lockerbie to pay his respects on the eve of the.....
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....tenth anniversary of the disaster.
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Bert's brother Tom was one of the two hundred and seventy passengers killed when...
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....Pan Am flight 103 exploded in mid-air.
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He laid flowers at the monument to the victims at the Garden of Remembrance.
A decade after the disaster, the memory of that terrible day is still fresh.
His sense of loss is almost tangible.
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The suspected culprits have yet to be tried.
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SOUNDBITE: (English)
This is the global, to me, memorial . When I go to Sherwood Crescent next that becomes even more personal as I go to the next three. Sherwood Crescent is where I spent most of the nine days while they were waiting to identify my brother. Each time I go there , and I'll do this again, you'll see the beauty if you follow, but I see the crater, I see the destruction, I see the devastation, I see the homes destroyed, lives destroyed.
SUPERCAPTION:Bert Ammerman, head of US relatives group
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The eleven Lockerbie residents who were also killed were remembered at a private church service.
Bert Ammerman insists the two suspects must be tried.
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SOUNDBITE: (English)
I couldn't care less if these two guys are found guilty or not because if they're found guilty they're only guppies, as we say in the United States, small pawns in this issue and if they're acquitted, I've learned from my experience in the United States, if O.J. (Simpson) can be acquitted anyone can be found innocent, it doesn't mean they're not guilty. But I do believe the only way that we can get some resolution to this matter is a trial and if that does not happen that is a scandalous issue that should be on the heads of the American and British governments.
SUPER CAPTION: Bert Ammerman, Brother of Pan Am 103 Victim
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Locals will observe a minutes silence at a service on Monday
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Scotland ~ Lockerbie Memorial
In this video we remember the Lockerbie air disaster 30 years on.
UK: POLITICIANS & ROYALS ATTEND LOCKERBIE AIR DISASTER MEMORIAL
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Listing their names and lighting candles in their memory, bereaved relatives have paid a touching tribute to the victims of Lockerbie.
Though attended by senior politicians and British royals, Monday's memorial and thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey in London was very much about those who lost their lives in the disaster, and those relatives and friends who grieve for them.
The moving centrepiece of the act of remembrance was a 15-minute period during which the names of the 270 people killed in the December 21, 1988, tragedy were read out by some of the relatives.
As each name was spoken, a candle was lit in the Abbey, eventually forming a
shimmering, temporary memorial to the victims.
The gathering reflected the extent to which Lockerbie was a national disaster as well as a
personal tragedy for those involved.
Senior figures at the service included, in addition to Prime Minister Tony Blair, included the Duke of York - the second son of Queen Elizabeth II - and Foreign Secretary Robin Cook.
Together with the bereaved relatives, they paid a touching tribute to the victims of Lockerbie.
The Westminster Abbey service was echoed by similar ceremonies in Lockerbie itself and in the United States.
SOUNDBITE:
Tonight we share our occasion with others around the world, in Syracuse, Arlington and Lockerbie.
SUPER CAPTION: Dr. Wesley Carr, Dean of Westminster Abbey
At 1903 GMT - the moment when the plane disappeared from the radar screen above Scotland - those present observed a minute's silence.
The silence broken by the sound of a lone bagpiper, playing a haunting lament.
The moving centrepiece of the act of remembrance was a quarter hour period during which the names of the 270 people killed in the December 21, 1988 tragedy were read out by some of the relatives.
As each name was spoken, a candle was lit in the Abbey, eventually forming a
shimmering, temporary memorial to the victims.
The Reverend John Mosey, a pastor with the Assemblies of God church, whose daughter
Helga died aboard Pan Am 103, read the sermon.
SOUNDBITE:
The Earth will no longer hide the murderers. The guilty will be found. A court is being set up. A judgement day is coming.
SUPER CAPTION: The Reverend John Mosey - a pastor with the Assemblies of God church, whose daughter Helga died aboard Pan Am 103
No one has been brought to trial for the bombing that killed 259 from the aircraft and 11 on the ground.
Libya last week appeared to agree to release two Libyan suspects for trial in the Netherlands under Scottish law.
But after four nights of bomb attacks on Iraq by U-S and British forces fresh doubt has been thrown on the negotiations.
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Lockerbie memorial garden remembers victims 30 years since disaster
Sonia Stratis (left in grey top with her family, and top right, circled, as a child) was just 7 when police told her that her father (pictured top right, circled) had died in Lockerbie (wreckage pictured bottom right). The stepmother of her husband Chris (pictured left with Sonia and their three sons) lost her husband (inset) in the same tragedy. Their shared loss brought them together.
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Remembering the victims of the Lockerbie disaster
We take a walk to the Lockerbie Memorial garden in Dryfesdale cemetery. We wanted to remember the victims and pay our respects to them. Thank you for watching and please feel free to comment, like and slap that subscribe button. Take care of each other and we will see you soon.
25th Anniversary of Lockerbie bombing: Memorial services to be held in UK, US
A wreath-laying and church service will be held in the Scottish town where Pan Am flight 103 was blown from the sky in 1988. Remembrance services will also be held at Westminster Abbey in London, and Arlington National Cemetery near Washington. 25 years ago, a Boeing 747 exploded mid-air enroute from London to New York.
Lockerbie memorial: 270 victims remembered 30 years on | ITV News
Thirty years ago, 270 people were killed when a passenger plane exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
The tragic anniversary is being remembered at services in Scotland and the US, where the flight was travelling to.
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Moderator of the General Assembly pays tribute to Lockerbie Air Disaster victims.
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has paid tribute to the victims of the Lockerbie air disaster nearly 30 years ago.Rt Rev Susan Brown laid flowers at the Lockerbie Air Disaster Memorial which lies within a Garden of Remembrance at Dryfesdale Lodge outside the Dumfries and Galloway town.She spent some time yesterday reflecting on the lives tragically lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded 31,000 feet over Lockerbie on December 21, 1988. A total of 259 people on board the New York-bound Boeing 747 – known as Maid of the Seas - were killed, along with 11 people on the ground.
Memorial service held for Lockerbie plane bombing in Scotland for 30th anniversary
The Scottish town of Lockerbie fell silent to remember the 270 people killed when a bombed Pan Am Flight 103 exploded and crashed there 30 years ago.
An emotional wreath-laying ceremony took place in the small town in Dumfries and Galloway today to mark the 30th anniversary of the disaster, which claimed the lives of all 259 passengers and 11 people on the ground.
The Queen sent her 'prayers and good wishes' to residents ahead of the service, which saw Lockerbie come to a complete standstill and took place in the Memorial Garden at Dryfesdale Cemetery.
Some friends and relatives of the victims had flown in from the US for the ceremony, where they were joined by locals and dignitaries including The Queen's representative Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries, Fiona Armstrong - a former ITN journalist who had reported on the tragedy in 1988.
Jeff Browne, Moderator of the Presbytery of Annandale and Eskdale, led the service.
He said: 'Whether you have come from the local community or from afar, whether you come with no faith, little faith or belong to a community of faith, know that the Lockerbie community welcomes you in love and peace today and every day.'
Ms Armstrong, offered locals this message of condolence as she laid the first wreath to the sound of a piper: 'Please convey my warm thanks to the people of Dumfriesshire for their kind message, sent on the occasion of their Remembrance Service to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing, which is being held today.
'I send my prayers and good wishes to all those who will be marking this solemn anniversary.'
She was followed by Scotland's Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC and Scottish Secretary David Mundell.
Pupils from local schools and Scouts and Guides groups and representatives of the emergency services laid flowers before the families of victims approached the memorial.
Reverend Susan Brown, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, also spoke.
She said: 'Scars from 30 years ago remain - they leave a mark that can never be removed, but while they will not disappear altogether and while we would never want to forget the horrendous cost of that single hateful act, we realise all the more acutely the sweetness of life and the need for it to be lived to the full.'
Mr Mundell, who grew up in Lockerbie, said: 'On this 30th anniversary of the bombing of Flight 103 over Lockerbie, my thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the 270 men, women and children who perished on that terrible night, and everyone else whose life has been touched by the event.
'Lockerbie lost its anonymity that night. We went from a quiet, small town to a centre of global attention in a few seconds.
'That was the scale of the challenge local people have faced, aside from the horrors of the air disaster itself.
'It has not been easy, nor have we been able to achieve the closure we would have wanted, even after 30 years.
'However, throughout, the people in Lockerbie have retained their dignity and stoicism, and offered friendship and support to those who lost loved ones.'
Family and friends of Lockerbie victims travelled to the small town from far and wide for the memorial service.
Travis Goodyear revealed he almost cancelled his trip from Texas but changed his mind, and he felt he got 'some closure' from the 30th anniversary service.
The 67-year-old was a flight attendant for Pan Am and knew all of the crew on board flight 103 from Heathrow to New York.
Speaking after the service, he said: 'It's given me some closure, to be very honest.
'It's been 30 years, I was never able to muster up the energy or the motivation to come back.
'I left the States on Monday to come over and on Sunday I went in and cancelled my trip, and then I rebooked. I knew that I needed to do this.'
Dr Jim Swire, who lost his daughter Flora in the explosion, attended the service in Lockerbie for the first time after years spearheading campaigns by bereaved relatives for a full inquiry into the atrocity.
The 82-year-old said: 'I found it very moving. Partly because I felt so out of touch with the people of the town and I know that my campaigning inevitably results in the town's name being talked about again and again and again.
'I felt that they might be resenting that, but I haven't found that at all.
'The people I've met here have all been extremely warm and welcoming and they seem to respect the fact that this must never be forgotten and this is part of making s
Emotional service to remember the 270 victims of Lockerbie bombing
The Scottish town of Lockerbie has fallen silent to remember the 270 people killed when a bombed Pan Am Flight 103 (wreckage pictured inset) exploded and crashed there 30 years ago. An emotional wreath-laying ceremony (main) is taking place in the small Dumfries and Galloway town today to mark the 30th anniversary of the disaster, which claimed the lives of all 259 passengers and 11 people on the ground. The Queen's representative Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries, Fiona Armstrong, offered locals this message of condolence as she laid the first wreath to the sound of a piper: 'Please convey my warm thanks to the people of Dumfriesshire for their kind message, sent on the occasion of their Remembrance Service to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing, which is being held today. I send my prayers and good wishes to all those who will be marking this solemn anniversary.'
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UK: RELATIVES OF OCKERBIE VICTIMS PREPARE FOR 10TH ANNIVERSARY
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Relatives of those killed in the Pan Am Flight 1-0-3 bombing in Scotland are preparing for tomorrow's tenth anniversary of the tragedy.
The jumbo jet exploded over the town of Lockerbie on 21st December 1988, killing 259 passengers and crew on board and 11 people on the ground.
Leader of the American relatives group Bert Ammerman visited the Scottish town of Lockerbie on Sunday over which a Pan Am jet exploded ten years ago.
Ammerman's brother Tom died in the bombing.
He laid flowers at the monument to the victims at Dryfesdale Cemetery's Garden of Remembrance.
Then after quietly praying to himself he ran his fingers over his brother's name.
Two hundred and seventy people died in the bombing, mostly passengers and crew of Pan Am Flight 1-0-3.
Among them were 11 locals.
Many of them came from Sherwood Crescent, where a large piece of the plane came down.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
This is the global, to me, memorial. When I go to Sherwood Crescent next that becomes even more personal as I go to the next three (places). Sherwood Crescent is where I spent most of the nine days while they were waiting to identify my brother. Each time I go there, and I'll do this again, you'll see the beauty if you follow, but I see the crater, I see the destruction, I see the devastation, I see the homes destroyed, lives destroyed.
SUPER CAPTION: Bert Ammerman, Brother of Pan Am 103 Victim
Ammerman also addressed a private service at the market town's Roman Catholic church.
The service is one of a series of events over the next two days to mark the tenth anniversary.
Two Libyans, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Ffhimah, have been accused of the bombing.
Diplomatic efforts to bring them to trial have intensified in recent months.
But obstacles remain.
Ammerman remained critical of the U-S and British governments and is still waiting for the trial of the accused.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I couldn't care less if these two guys are found guilty or not because if they're found guilty they're only guppies, as we say in the United States, small pawns in this issue and if they're acquitted, I've learned from my experience in the United States, if O.J. (Simpson) can be acquitted anyone can be found innocent, it doesn't mean they're not guilty. But I do believe the only way that we can get some resolution to this matter is a trial and if that does not happen that is a scandalous issue that should be on the heads of the American and British governments.
SUPER CAPTION: Bert Ammerman, Brother of Pan Am 103 Victim
Lockerbie is still only slowly recovering from the bombing.
This year is the first time since 1988 the town has had Christmas lights erected.
But the healing process remains unfinished.
The tenth anniversary on Monday will mark another important stage for the victims' relatives still coming to terms with the tragedy.
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Mysteriously Exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland - Air Crash Investigation - Documentary film
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland, 38 minutes after takeoff from London.
Two hundred fifty-nine people on board the New York-bound Boeing 747 were killed, along with 11 people on the ground.
Afterward, United States and British investigators found fragments of a circuit board and a timer, and ruled that a bomb, not mechanical failure, caused the explosion.
Libyans Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah were tried for the bombing. Al Megrahi was found guilty, while Fhimah was found not guilty.
'Forward Lockerbie': Jeff Browne speaks at Lockerbie service
The Scottish town of Lockerbie has fallen silent to remember the 270 people killed when a bombed Pan Am Flight 103 (wreckage pictured inset) exploded and crashed there 30 years ago. An emotional wreath-laying ceremony (main) is taking place in the small Dumfries and Galloway town today to mark the 30th anniversary of the disaster, which claimed the lives of all 259 passengers and 11 people on the ground. The Queen's representative Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries, Fiona Armstrong, offered locals this message of condolence as she laid the first wreath to the sound of a piper: 'Please convey my warm thanks to the people of Dumfriesshire for their kind message, sent on the occasion of their Remembrance Service to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing, which is being held today. I send my prayers and good wishes to all those who will be marking this solemn anniversary.'
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Lockerbie victims remembered on 30th anniversary of bombing | ITV News
Wreaths bearing the names of all 270 victims of the Lockerbie Bombing were laid at a special memorial today to mark the 30th anniversary of the tragedy.
Victims' relatives were among those attending a special service.
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Queen sends 'prayers and good wishes' to people of Lockerbie
Queen sends 'prayers and good wishes' to people of Lockerbie
The Queen will send her 'prayers and good wishes' to the people of Lockerbie today as they gather to remember those killed 30 years ago.
Wreaths will be laid in the town where the wreckage of the bombed Pan Am Flight 103 came down on the night of December 21, 1988.
Eleven people died in Lockerbie, along with the 259 passengers and crew on board the New York-bound plane which had set off from Heathrow.
The majority of those on the flight were American citizens, including 35 students of Syracuse University in New York State.
Dignitaries including Scottish Secretary David Mundell and Solicitor General Alison Di Rollo will attend the service at the Dumfriesshire town's Dryfesdale Cemetery.
The Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries, Fiona Armstrong, will deliver a message from the Monarch during the memorial.
It will say; 'Please convey my warm thanks to the people of Dumfriesshire for their kind message, sent on the occasion of their Remembrance Service to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing, which is being held today.
I send my prayers and good wishes to all those who will be marking this solemn anniversary.'
Mr Mundell said it had taken only a few seconds for Lockerbie to go from a small, quiet town to the centre of global attention.
Speaking ahead of the service, the MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale said: 'It has not been easy, nor have we been able to achieve the closure we would have wanted, even after 30 years.
'However, throughout, the people in Lockerbie have retained their dignity and stoicism, and offered friendship and support to those who lost loved ones.
'The relationship that has developed between Lockerbie Academy and Syracuse University is one of the few positives to come from that night, along with all the other personal relationships that have been forged.
Strengthening and deepening those relationships must be our priority as we look to the future.'
Speaking at Holyrood yesterday, Nicola Sturgeon said: 'An almost unimaginable tragedy brought out incredible reserves of solidarity, compassion and love.
'The bereaved showed immense dignity and resilience.
'People in Lockerbie and the surrounding area opened their hearts to those who had lost loved ones.'
The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe, QC, will also attend the service. Mr Wolffe said: 'Long after the terrible events that unfolded at Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, the devastating consequences are still being felt by families here in Scotland, in the United States of America, and around the world.'
He pledged: 'Scotland's prosecution service will continue to pursue the investigation into this terrible crime.'
The parish priest at the time of Lockerbie air disaster has called for 'the whole truth' to be known over the tragedy.
Canon Pat Keegans will tell a memorial mass at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church: 'You are not just a distant memory. You are not from the past. You are precious people who live on in our hearts, for that is where your names are truly engraved.
'Some say that you have received justice. I am not at all convinced. What I can promise is that we will not close the book on the story of your lives, for the last chapter is still to be written.
The majority of those on board the jet were American citizens, including 35 students of Syracuse University in New York State.
A memorial will be held at the university, and around 500 people are expected to gather at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia where a cairn made from Lockerbie stone stands in memory of those who died.
Memorial service marking 20th anniversary of plane bombing
SHOTLIST
1. Wide of memorial
2. Various of family looking at memorial
3. Women hugging
4. Flowers placed on memorial
5. Boy looking at memorial
6. Man looking at names
7. Woman placing flowers on memorial
8. Flowers on memorial
9. Woman touching names on memorial
10. Steve Odierna and family looking at names
11. Flowers on memorial
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Odierna, from New York state:
I was one of the students in London in 1988 with Syracuse University and we lost a number of students on the flight, and I thought it would be a good idea to come down and pay my respects and also introduce my family to some of the folks down here who've gotten together for a bit of a reunion.
13. Various of people listening to names of victims being read
14. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, speaking
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security Secretary:
I ask you, as I ask all of my colleagues, to continue to bear witness to the importance of what we do to prevent, to do everything in our power humanly possible to prevent future Pan Am 103's, future 9/11's, future Mumbai's. I take particular pleasure in being able to tell you today that since September 11th and since the airline security measures which you fought so hard to put in place have in fact been implemented, we have not had a bombing or a hijacking of an American plane anywhere in the world. I hope that's a record we can continue to maintain and with your help and dedication, faith and your voices, we will continue to do so.
16. Wreath laying
17. Various of serviceman playing Last Post
STORYLINE
Ceremonies were held at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington DC on Sunday to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in which 270 people were killed.
Hundreds of people gathered to hear the names of the victims being read out as a bell tolled after each name was read.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff spoke to families and friends of the victims.
He said he took particular pleasure in being able to say that since the attacks of 11 September 2001 and since airline security measures had been put in place, there had not been a bombing or a hijacking of an American plane anywhere in the world.
All 259 people on board the Pan Am flight from London Heathrow to New York were killed when a bomb exploded on the plane as it flew over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Another 11 people died on the ground.
Libyan Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi is the sole person to have been convicted of the bombing, but he has won the right to appeal against his January 2001 conviction by successfully convincing judges that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred during his trial.
Al-Megrahi, who is suffering from an incurable form of prostate cancer is due to have his appeal heard next year.
The Lockerbie bombing drove relations between Libya and the West to breaking point, but the dynamics of the case have changed in recent years as Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi has engineered a rapprochement with the West following the September 11 2001 attacks on Washington and New York.
The self-styled revolutionary leader, who once seemed to thrive on confrontation, has renounced terrorism and voluntarily dismantled his clandestine programme to develop nuclear weapons.
Britain, the United States and Libya are friendly now, publicly committed to working together to contain the threat of international terrorism.
Libya has paid out several (b) billion US dollars to the families of Lockerbie victims, and has accepted general responsibility for the attack.
US officials, and the families involved, said in November that Libya had made the final compensation payments.
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