Taking the stage: President Obama spoke after representatives from a number of area religious groups
Showing he stands with Connecticut: The President flew to Newton on Sunday afternoon and spent hours meeting with victims families prior to the memorial service
Bracing himself: President Obama was seated in the front row of the service as he listened to religious leaders begin the emotional remembrance ceremony
Heart wrenching: Family friends comforted one another in the High School auditorium
All ages of victims: Because of the many school age children who were killed, their friends and school mates made up a large portion of the audience
Emotional hugs: The first responders were greeted with embraces from friends as they walked in the auditorium
Standing ovation: The entire room got to their feet when the responders entered
While the President met with victims' families, the Senators circulated the auditorium, talking to their grieving constituents.
President Obama’s initial press conference on Friday just hours after the shooting took place was one of the most emotional of his four years in office.
At one point, he was so overcome by the thought of the 20 dead children who had 'their whole lives ahead of them' that the typically-stoic President had to pause for a poignant 12 seconds to regain his composure before continuing.
Support: For many neighbors, this was the first time that they saw one another since the shooting
Remembering those not there: A woman brought a class photo that included some of the victims
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Slaughtered: (Clockwise from top left) Catherine V. Hubbard, Chase Kowalski, Ana Marquez-Green, James Mattioli, Olivia Engel, Dylan Hockley, Charlotte Bacon and Grace McDonnell, all aged six to seven, were killed
Deaths: (Clockwise from top left) Emilie Parker, Noah Pozner, Josephine Gay, Caroline Previdi, Jessica Rekos and Jesse Lewis all perished in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticu
Tragic victim: Jack Pinto, 6, was one of those shot in Sandy Hook Elementary, and because he was a big Giants fan, football player Victor Cruz wore Pinto's name on his cleats and gloves during Sunday's game
Little suffering: The medical examiner said that the victims, including six-year-old Avielle Richman, were shot at quite close range and did not suffer
Innocence: Six-year-old Emilie Parker was killed in the shooting tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School
Lanza murdered 20 school children, all aged 6 and 7, including Ana Marquez-Green, left, and Jesse Lewis, right
Lost: Six-year-old Noah Pozner (pictured on Nov. 13, 2012) was one of the victims in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. on Dec. 14
Six-year-olds James Mattioli (left) and Jessica Rekos (right) were also among the victims
A six-year-old boy from Britain, Dylan Hockley, was one of the victims of the school shooting in America
Killed: 7-year-old Daniel Barden was among the Sandy Hook shooting victims. His picture was released on Sunday
GONE TOO SOON: VICTIMS OF THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL MASSACRE
CHILDREN:
Charlotte Bacon, 6
Daniel Barden, 7
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Madeleine Hsu, 6
Catherine Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Jesse Lewis, 6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Avielle Richman, 6
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison N. Wyatt, 6
ADULTS:
Rachel Davino, 29
Dawn Hochsprung, 47
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Lauren Russeau, 20
Mary Sherlach, 56
Victoria Soto, 27
Josephine Gay, 7, was among the causalities in the tragedy at the school in Connecticut on Friday
Catherine V. Hubbard, 6, was killed in the shooting rampage
Six-year-olds Charlotte Bacon (left) and Olivia Engel (right) were among those killed at the shooting on Friday
Caroline Previdi, 6, lost her life in the tragic shooting
7-year-old Chase Kowalski, left, and Grace McDonnell, 6, were killed in the tragedy
Adam Lanza, circled in red, in a photograph of his high school science club taken five years ago when the murderer was 15 years old
Adam Lanza, left, and his mother Nancy who taught him how to use a gun and who was found murdered at home
The shooter's father, 52-year-old Peter Lanza, released a statement on Saturday saying the family was 'in a state of disbelief.' Lanza was divorced from the 20-year-old's mother, NancyPlay Video
Lanza reportedly got into an altercation with members of staff including Principal Dawn Hochsprung, left, and teacher Victoria Soto
School psychologist Mary Sherlach, 56, and teacher Lauren Rousseau, 30, were shot dead by Adam Lanza while trying to save their students
Anne Marie Murphy, 52, was also killed in the shooting. The mother-of-four was a teacher's aide
A sign and a U.S. national flag are seen near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Sandy Hook
Broken: Mourners place flowers at a makeshift memorial near the Sandy Hook Elementary school for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut
A young woman places flowers at a memorial near the Sandy Hook Elementary School following Friday's shooting that has left 20 young children dead
Connecticut State Police Lieutenant Paul Vance said all the bodies were removed from the school overnight and the names of the victims are expected to be released Saturday
Crime scene: Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday morning
Horror: Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver speaks to reporters on Saturday, overcome as he reports on the tragedy
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