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The changes to the ceremony were not without controversy. Last month, the memorial said that it would do away with its annual Tribute in Light, in which two blue beams of light are projected over the city until the dawn of Sept. 12.

The decision, which the memorial said would prevent crowds gathering, was reversed after it provoked outrage from some victims’ relatives, elected leaders and police and firefighter unions.

Still, unhappy with the changes to the ceremony, the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which honors a firefighter who died while responding to the attack, held a simultaneous memorial just blocks away.

At that event, around 125 relatives of 9/11 victims read the names of those who died on a stage at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, just blocks away from the Sept. 11 memorial. Attendees wore masks, and those onstage stayed six feet apart.

Mr. Pence and his wife, Karen, also attended that ceremony, where they read biblical passages.

“I pray these ancient words will comfort your loss and ours,” Mr. Pence said, before reading the words from Psalm 23.

Frank Siller, the brother of Stephen Siller and the foundation’s chief executive, said it was emotionally powerful for many victims’ families to say a loved one’s name in front of other attendees.

“They want to tell their family’s story,” Mr. Siller said on Thursday. “And they should be able to tell that story.”