The official blog of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum features stories of commemoration and memorialization, and information on our public programs, special events, and ways to get involved.
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Washington Post correspondent Souad Mekhennet spoke at the 9/11 Memorial Museum on Monday night, illuminating some of the tales from her book “I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad.”
I’ve had the pleasure of organizing this season’s gallery talks within the Museum’s special exhibition “Rendering the Unthinkable: Artists Respond to 9/11,” and I’ve been inspired by our visitors’ reactions to these tales of loss and resiliency.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s annual Salute to Service week wrapped up this weekend with special tributes on the Memorial Plaza and activities for families and children.
On Sept. 11, 2001, United States Air Force Lt. Col. Brande H. Walton was serving as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nuclear launch officer stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in in Great Falls, Mont.
Petty Officer First Class Edward Earhart was an aerographer’s mate in the U.S. Navy. Earhart served on ships across the globe, helping the vessels navigate around sea ice, before being stationed at the Pentagon.
Before the towers came down, former Battery Park City resident Jeffrey Keating used to cut through the World Trade Center plaza daily to attend his classes at Pace University.
Everyone who was alive that day, and many who were not yet born, has a story to tell about September 11. The War Horse is creating a home for these personal stories.
Interpreting the Last Column: In this series, 9/11 Memorial & Museum exhibitions staff share the stories behind the markings and tributes placed on the Last Column.
Stephen Sestanovich, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, spoke at the 9/11 Memorial Museum on Wednesday night about Russia and its impact on America, Europe and the Middle East in the years following 9/11.
A moment of silence was observed and tokens of remembrance were left at the Survivor Tree as more than 300 people gathered on the 9/11 Memorial Plaza Wednesday afternoon to pay tribute to the eight people killed in a terror attack in lower Manhattan on Monday.
