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A Place of Remembrance
A Place of Remembrance honors the fallen and celebrates the spirit of hope as it tells the emotional story behind the creation of the National September 11 Memorial, from the tragic events of 9/11 to the process of rebuilding on these eight sacred acres in downtown Manhattan. Like the memorial, this official commemorative book from National Geographic is a lasting tribute to those lost in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, and it lists the names of all the victims and where to find the inscriptions on the memorial itself. Proceeds from its sale help support the memorial.
A Pledge of Tolerance for Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
"In memory of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, I would like to offer you and your readers of Remember 9/11 Online Tribute a message of peace in a short video and a pledge of tolerance". (Elizabeth Potter)
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New York Memorial Events for 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Ten years after September 11 2001, New York City still mourns those lost and remembers the day that changed the city forever.
Here is an expanded list of special events, memorials, art and photography exhibits, community gatherings, and more, taking place.
New York Memorial Events for 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Here is an expanded list of special events, memorials, art and photography exhibits, community gatherings, and more, taking place.
New York Memorial Events for 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
9/11 Memorial Sees Reservation Rush in First Day
It took just over three hours for all the passes for the opening day of the National Sept. 11 Memorial to be completely distributed. In the six hours since the 9/11 memorial's online reservation site opened Monday morning, more than 24,000 passes have been reserved, according to a spokeswoman for the memorial.
9/11 Memorial Video
I did not want to post any pictures or videos about the horrific events of September 9th 2001. I feel that these images are distressing, especially to victims families and friends. However, I have decided to put one video on this blog that shows the full horror of 9/11 without being distasteful. In the film, the footage is very clear and shows the timeline of the WTC attacks. The background music is a beautful version of God Bless America.
Live Camera at the World Trade Center
The 9/11 Memorial is taking shape as the time approaches for the 10th anniversary on September 9th 2011.
The One World Trade Center Tower in New York City will eventually reach 105 stories tall, and stands overlooking the 9/11 Memorial Pools.
You can view the World Trade Center and 9/11 Memorial progress online here, and even watch the building construction happening live on camera here.
The One World Trade Center Tower in New York City will eventually reach 105 stories tall, and stands overlooking the 9/11 Memorial Pools.
You can view the World Trade Center and 9/11 Memorial progress online here, and even watch the building construction happening live on camera here.
2011 September 11 National Medal
2011 September 11 National Medal from United States Mint
Issued in time for the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
The medal's obverse (heads side) features Lady Liberty holding the Lamp of Remembrance. Behind her are beacons of light stretching skyward. Liberty, the lamp and the light symbolize not only the immeasurable loss on the fateful day, but also the resiliency and triumph of those who persevered.
Inscriptions are ALWAYS REMEMBER and 2001 - 2011.
The reverse (tails side) design depicts an eagle, symbolizing the strength of the survivors, the families and the Nation, against a backdrop of cascading water. The flowing water is emblematic of peace, serenity, healing and the continuity of life.
The 2011 September 11 National Medal is available for purchase at the United States Mint's secure Web site, www.usmint.gov/catalog
1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468), and at 1-888-321-MINT (6468), the United States Mint's telephone ordering line for hearing and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment.
A Message for 9/11 Families
This is the letter (dated June 10th 2010), from the National September 11 Memorial, that was sent to all family members of the 9/11 victims. It contains special information about visiting.
Dear Family Member:
We are fewer than 100 days away from opening the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center. You will soon receive information from the City of New York regarding the 10th anniversary commemoration ceremony and the dedication of the Memorial on September 11, 2011, when you will be able to see your loved one's name inscribed in bronze for the first time. However, I am writing today to share with you our plans for ensuring that all victims' family members who wish to visit the Memorial on or after September 12, 2011 will be provided a safe and meaningful experience.
As rebuilding of the entire 16-acre World Trade Center site continues over the next few years, there is a need to manage capacity on the plaza, and advance reservations are required for all visitors for safety purposes. We expect the Memorial will be visited by people from around the world who wish to pay their respects at this sacred ground. However, your experience--as families of those whose loved ones were taken too soon, is of the deepest importance to us.
Throughout and beyond this period of interim operations during which reservations are required, our highest priority is to accommodate family members of the victims of the September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 attacks. We have taken special measures, to facilitate family visitation after the 10th anniversary.
Beginning July 6, victims' families will be offered the first opportunity to secure advance reservations to visit the Memorial. Below is more information for how you can plan your visit. Again, these measures are for family visitation starting on September 12, 2011.
• Reservations by phone: Families who wish to make a reservation will always have a dedicated phone line to do so. We will send you this phone number in early July, and the line will be active starting Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Your reservation will be secured from a permanent allocation of passes set aside for victims' families, and will provide important information to further plan your visit.
• Reservations online: Families can also opt to use our online reservation system, which will be available to the general public at www.911memorial.org beginning July 11, 2011.
• Special entry area: There will be a separate reception area/entry point for families of those lost in the September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 attacks. If you have not yet had an opportunity to visit http://names.911memorial.org, I encourage you to view this special site where you can see your loved one's name and its permanent location on the Memorial in advance of your visit. On behalf of everyone working on the 9/11 Memorial, our hearts and thoughts go out to you as we approach the 10th anniversary. We will never forget.
Warm regards,
Joe Daniels
President
Dear Family Member:
We are fewer than 100 days away from opening the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center. You will soon receive information from the City of New York regarding the 10th anniversary commemoration ceremony and the dedication of the Memorial on September 11, 2011, when you will be able to see your loved one's name inscribed in bronze for the first time. However, I am writing today to share with you our plans for ensuring that all victims' family members who wish to visit the Memorial on or after September 12, 2011 will be provided a safe and meaningful experience.
As rebuilding of the entire 16-acre World Trade Center site continues over the next few years, there is a need to manage capacity on the plaza, and advance reservations are required for all visitors for safety purposes. We expect the Memorial will be visited by people from around the world who wish to pay their respects at this sacred ground. However, your experience--as families of those whose loved ones were taken too soon, is of the deepest importance to us.
Throughout and beyond this period of interim operations during which reservations are required, our highest priority is to accommodate family members of the victims of the September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 attacks. We have taken special measures, to facilitate family visitation after the 10th anniversary.
Beginning July 6, victims' families will be offered the first opportunity to secure advance reservations to visit the Memorial. Below is more information for how you can plan your visit. Again, these measures are for family visitation starting on September 12, 2011.
• Reservations by phone: Families who wish to make a reservation will always have a dedicated phone line to do so. We will send you this phone number in early July, and the line will be active starting Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Your reservation will be secured from a permanent allocation of passes set aside for victims' families, and will provide important information to further plan your visit.
• Reservations online: Families can also opt to use our online reservation system, which will be available to the general public at www.911memorial.org beginning July 11, 2011.
• Special entry area: There will be a separate reception area/entry point for families of those lost in the September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 attacks. If you have not yet had an opportunity to visit http://names.911memorial.org, I encourage you to view this special site where you can see your loved one's name and its permanent location on the Memorial in advance of your visit. On behalf of everyone working on the 9/11 Memorial, our hearts and thoughts go out to you as we approach the 10th anniversary. We will never forget.
Warm regards,
Joe Daniels
President
National 9/11 Flag visits Delaware
New York Fire Marshal Hugh Thornton was pinned in the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center, found by a search dog that stayed at his side, licking his hand until rescuers dug him out.
Thornton, now retired and living in Millsboro, with his rescuer Sam, a dalmatian later given to him, joined a crowd of hundreds at the Dover Fire Department on Thursday to stitch a huge American flag reduced to tatters and shreds when the twin towers fell.
The fire hall was packed for the Delaware visit of the National 9/11 Flag. The nonprofit New York Says Thank You Foundation is taking the flag once to each state, patching with donated flags and letting anyone add a stitch.
"This is not just a flag," foundation representative Denny Deters told the crowd, saying it is less about 9/11, more about 9/12. "It's about people ... to help stitch America back together."
Thornton, now retired and living in Millsboro, with his rescuer Sam, a dalmatian later given to him, joined a crowd of hundreds at the Dover Fire Department on Thursday to stitch a huge American flag reduced to tatters and shreds when the twin towers fell.
The fire hall was packed for the Delaware visit of the National 9/11 Flag. The nonprofit New York Says Thank You Foundation is taking the flag once to each state, patching with donated flags and letting anyone add a stitch.
"This is not just a flag," foundation representative Denny Deters told the crowd, saying it is less about 9/11, more about 9/12. "It's about people ... to help stitch America back together."
Flight 93 National Memorial Update
The Flight 93 National Memorial is close to being finished in time for the 10th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks, including a long, white marble wall bearing the names of the 40 passengers and crew who perished when the plane crashed.
Visitors will be able to follow a walkway just over 100 yards away from where the plane crashed. The design features dark concrete paths and a long, white marble wall inscribed with the names of the 40 passengers and crew who died.
"It's intended to be a memorial site, and focus on their actions, as opposed to try and re-create an historical event," said Keith Newlin, park service superintendent for Western Pennsylvania. "They were fighting over the skies for 35 minutes before they came to this site. Their resting place is here."
According to family members in cell phone contact with passengers, those aboard tried to overpower the hijackers. But the plane crashed into a field near rural Shanksville, about 65 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Newlin said the Flight 93 Memorial uses a few basic materials. "It's intended to give people a healing experience," he said.
Some remains are still interred at the crash site so access will be restricted there.
During a Thursday tour, geese visited the wetlands and workers placed dark concrete benches alongside recently planted grass. Extensive landscaping work has already been done at the memorial site.
About $50 million in public and private money has been raised for the project, according to the Families of Flight 93 group. The first phase, including a ring road leading to the site, a memorial plaza, and a parking area, is expected to cost about $60 million.
Future plans call for 40 memorial groves of 40 trees each, an interactive visitor center, and a "Tower of the Voices" featuring 40 wind chimes.
Members of the public would be able to visit the 8-acre memorial plaza, to be opened to the public following the tenth anniversary commemoration of the attacks, for free.
Please visit the Flight 93 National Memorial site for more information and details http://www.honorflight93.org
Visitors will be able to follow a walkway just over 100 yards away from where the plane crashed. The design features dark concrete paths and a long, white marble wall inscribed with the names of the 40 passengers and crew who died.
"It's intended to be a memorial site, and focus on their actions, as opposed to try and re-create an historical event," said Keith Newlin, park service superintendent for Western Pennsylvania. "They were fighting over the skies for 35 minutes before they came to this site. Their resting place is here."
According to family members in cell phone contact with passengers, those aboard tried to overpower the hijackers. But the plane crashed into a field near rural Shanksville, about 65 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Newlin said the Flight 93 Memorial uses a few basic materials. "It's intended to give people a healing experience," he said.
Some remains are still interred at the crash site so access will be restricted there.
During a Thursday tour, geese visited the wetlands and workers placed dark concrete benches alongside recently planted grass. Extensive landscaping work has already been done at the memorial site.
About $50 million in public and private money has been raised for the project, according to the Families of Flight 93 group. The first phase, including a ring road leading to the site, a memorial plaza, and a parking area, is expected to cost about $60 million.
Future plans call for 40 memorial groves of 40 trees each, an interactive visitor center, and a "Tower of the Voices" featuring 40 wind chimes.
Members of the public would be able to visit the 8-acre memorial plaza, to be opened to the public following the tenth anniversary commemoration of the attacks, for free.
Please visit the Flight 93 National Memorial site for more information and details http://www.honorflight93.org
Smithsonian September 11: Remembrance and Reflection
The Smithsonian Museum is to exhibit a selection of objects found in the ruins of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon after the 9/11 attacks.
Among them is a briefcase left on the 103rd floor by a survivor who fled as the planes hit the Twin Towers. More than 50 objects collected after the attacks, which claimed 3,000 lives, will be displayed September 3 to 11 at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
"Ten years later, we will share some of those objects in a personal setting, providing an opportunity for visitors to speak with museum staff and to have a place to remember and reflect on what it means to be an American today," Museum Director Brent D. Glass said in a statement.
Visitors to the collection, amassed by the museum in 2002 after Congress designated it the official repository, will see aircraft fragments, a wall map from the Pentagon, a mangled fire truck door, as well as photographs and documents.
The objects were collected from the three crash sites of al-Qaeda's suicide attacks - the Pentagon, the World Trade Center and a field in western Pennsylvania. They will be preserved permanently at the museum so future generations can "comprehend the horrific events, their roots and their long-term consequences," according to information from the museum.
Among them is a briefcase left on the 103rd floor by a survivor who fled as the planes hit the Twin Towers. More than 50 objects collected after the attacks, which claimed 3,000 lives, will be displayed September 3 to 11 at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
"Ten years later, we will share some of those objects in a personal setting, providing an opportunity for visitors to speak with museum staff and to have a place to remember and reflect on what it means to be an American today," Museum Director Brent D. Glass said in a statement.
Visitors to the collection, amassed by the museum in 2002 after Congress designated it the official repository, will see aircraft fragments, a wall map from the Pentagon, a mangled fire truck door, as well as photographs and documents.
The objects were collected from the three crash sites of al-Qaeda's suicide attacks - the Pentagon, the World Trade Center and a field in western Pennsylvania. They will be preserved permanently at the museum so future generations can "comprehend the horrific events, their roots and their long-term consequences," according to information from the museum.
Warren County's 9/11 memorial
Warren County's 9/11 memorial will feature two 9-foot granite towers and an original steel piece from one of the World Trade Center towers in New York.
The memorial and a separate memorial honoring fallen Warren County Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Dulle will be added to the county government complex in Lebanon where other memorials already stand. Plain pavers will connect all of the memorials.
Other features in the 9/11 memorial include an octagon-shaped centerpiece made of granite where the tower piece will be placed. The Pentagon and Flight 93 will be represented through benches. A flag pole will be between the two towers.
The memorial and a separate memorial honoring fallen Warren County Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Dulle will be added to the county government complex in Lebanon where other memorials already stand. Plain pavers will connect all of the memorials.
Other features in the 9/11 memorial include an octagon-shaped centerpiece made of granite where the tower piece will be placed. The Pentagon and Flight 93 will be represented through benches. A flag pole will be between the two towers.
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