Thousands are expected Sunday at the State Capitol for a memorial event on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The program will include remembering, honoring and healing, says Gail Anderson, director of unity and relationships with the Minneapolis Council of Churches.

"Maybe we thought we were fine, but emotions kind of rise up again, and so I think individually we probably still have things we need to work through and I think certainly as a state and as a country we have some things that we need to reconcile within ourselves about what we are going to be going forward."

This will be a good time, Anderson says, to reflect on the impacts of 9/11, still evident a decade later.

"Because we think that the sort of emotions that have been rising up in all of us as we hit this 10th anniversary and start rethinking about it and reliving it, it's an opportunity for us to come to some healing."

The day will be extremely diverse, Anderson says, with politicians from all sides and around 100 faith leaders from across Minnesota, representing a variety of beliefs.

"All over the place with the music; all over the place with the participation. It is an attempt to bring us all together for this very important anniversary in the life of our country and to do it in a way that we're united and not divided."

Father Erich Rutten of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis says the event is also a time to let our Muslim neighbors know that we stand with them and together as Americans.

"Our religious faiths ought not to be the cause of animosity, and certainly not violence, but we should learn to work together to try to make the world a better place."

In addition to the formal program, the Minnesotans Standing Together ceremony will feature a variety of music, dance, puppetry and poetry.