In a historic and reflective gesture, a special session of Congress met today in New York City in memory of the September 11th attacks. This occasion marks only the third time in the modern era that Congress has met outside of Washington DC. During the War of 1812, Congress convened in a long-demolished building several blocks away from the Capitol and, in 1987, when Congress returned to Philadelphia to celebrate the Constitutional Convention of 1787. For this particular meeting, approximately 200 members are expected to be in attendance, most of them arriving via train.

The first two links are news stories covering the event from the Washington Post and the New York Daily News, respectively. The third site contains information about the meeting place for today's session, historic Federal Hall, from the National Park Service. The fourth site features information about the history of the different meeting places of the United States Senate over the past two centuries. The fifth site is an online exhibit on the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention created by the Library of Congress, featuring numerous documents of interest. Finally, the last two sites contain the resolutions entered into both the House and the Senate asking for a joint session of Congress to meet in New York City.