Boston commemorates anniversary of the marathon bombings

From right, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, and former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, react along with the family of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, behind, during a remembrance ceremony at the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

2013 Boston Marathon bombing survivor Erika Brannock, in hat, a pre-school teacher from the Baltimore area, is embraced as she walks across the Marathon finish line after a remembrance ceremony on Boylston Street in Boston, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

2013 Boston Marathon bombing survivor Erika Brannock, a pre-school teacher from the Baltimore area, and her mother, Carol Downing, at right, walk across the Marathon finish line after a remembrance ceremony on Boylston Street in Boston, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

The family of 2013 Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, from left, mother Denise, brother Henry, and father Bill Richard walk onto Boylston street for the raising of the flag during a tribute on the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Brown puts up a hand made memorial for victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings near the race's finish line in Boston

Dignitaries, survivors and first responders watch as flag is raised near site of one of two bomb blasts on one-year anniversary of 2013 Boston Marathon bombings in Boston

CORRECTS TO BRANNOCK FROM BRANNICK- Marathon survivor Erika Brannock, a teacher from Maryland, uses a walker as she prepares to cross the finish line following a tribute in honor of the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

People photograph a banner reading "Boston Strong" as it hangs at Rowes Wharf on the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in Boston. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Roses hang on a lamp post near the site of the second bomb blast on the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston

Boston Police stand beneath a Boston Strong sign near the site of one of the two bomb blasts on the one-year anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings in Boston

Family members of a 2013 Boston Marathon bombing victim attend a wreath-laying ceremony in Boston

A bystander cries during a ceremony at the site of the first bomb blast near the finish line in Boston

Family members of 2013 Boston Marathon bombings victims walk to finish line for a wreath-laying ceremony

Massachusetts Governor Patrick joins the family of a Boston Marathon bombing victim in Boston

Boston Marathon bombing survivors Doug Julian, left, and his partner Lynn Crisci, center, hug as fellow survivor Shannon Silvestri, right, looks on in Boston, Sunday, April 13, 2014. The trio, joined by other survivors, family members and supporters met up with participants of a cross country charity relay that began in March in California and ended Sunday at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

A peace sign is seen on a message tree as visitors look at artefacts in a public exhibition of objects and mementos left at the makeshift memorials that emerged in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombings in Boston

On the morning of April 15, 2013, runners were lacing up their shoes and stretching their legs for the Boston Marathon. It was supposed to be a day of achievement and joy, instead it was a day shadowed by acts of malice.

The city is now “Boston Strong” and a united front. Visitors and locals are preparing the city for this year’s marathon. The streets of Boston that were drenched in terror are now filled with messages of love and support.