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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A Long Island mother has been named the winner in the raffle for the motorcycle built by Paul Jr. Designs to support the 9/11 Memorial. The winning ticket number was 00439. More details on the winner to come.9/11 Memorial board member Daniel R
From around the world, and all U.S. states, visitors are coming to the 9/11 Memorial to pay their respects and to honor the Sept. 11 victims and heroes.The Memorial has welcomed more than 1.2 million visitors from all 50 states and at least 120 countries
Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress. Amy also trains her lens on the smaller pieces that may be overlooked with a project of this magnitude. Through “The Lens: Viewing
Today we mourn the passing of Richard James Sheirer. As the former director of the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM), Richard, who many of us knew as Richie, led the coordinated rescue and recovery efforts in the aftermath of the 9/11 att
9/11 Memorial Motorcycle: MyFoxNY.comPaul Tuetul Jr., of “American Chopper” fame, and 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels appeared on Good Day New York to debut the motorcycle built to support the 9/11 Memorial and talk about the raffle to win the bike. A
Oral historians at the Flight 93 Memorial in Somerset County, Pa., are in the process of transcribing more than 780 interviews that have been recorded to create a documentation collection for research and education that compliments exhibits at the planned
Former New York City fire Capt. Dan Daly grew so angry when he watched the World Trade Center's north tower collapse and kill his fellow firefighters that he felt compelled to join the military and pick up a weapon.He would instead pick up a microphone an
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in Philadelphia recently hosted a lecture with Jan Ramirez, the chief curator and director of collections for the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Among other things, Ramirez discussed curatorial choices and the planning proces
In case you missed it, five board members have been selected for the Performing Arts Center as reported by several media outlets including Downtown Express.The New York Observer featured a rendering of the proposed center in its online report, confirming
Tree grower Van Wade apparently can pick out his swamp white oaks from the more than 200 others planted at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site."I saw my trees on TV a few times," during 10-year anniversary broadcasts, Van Wad
