The MEMO Blog

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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The Lens: Viewing the 9/11 Memorial

August 5, 2011

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. Amy also trains her lens on the smaller pieces that may be overlooked with a project of this magnitude. Throu

9/11 Memorial is Nearly Ready to Welcome Visitors

August 3, 2011

A MSNBC.com photoblog shows how far progress has come at the World Trade Center site. Nothing is more evident of this progress than the 9/11 Memorial, which opens in September.  Join us as we honor, remember and reunite.Reserve your visit f

Lower Manhattan: We Are Here

August 2, 2011

Mayor Bloomberg: "The southern tip of Manhattan has held a unique position of importance in North America and the world at large."Lower Manhattan has more to see, more to do and more in New York to experience than any other single square mile in America.

9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels: WTC Cross is 'Part of History' (Updated)

July 28, 2011

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comToday, 9/11 President Joe Daniels appeared on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" to defend the important artifact recently installed in the 9/11 Memorial Museum, which you can read more about here.Update: Read more ab

'WTC Cross' is Installed in 9/11 Memorial Museum (Updated)

July 23, 2011

The intersecting steel beam that came to be known as the World Trade Center Cross was lowered today by crane into the 9/11 Memorial Museum. First encountered by construction worker Frank Silecchia in the vicinity of where 6 World Trade Center had stood, t

The Lens: Viewing the 9/11 Memorial

July 18, 2011

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. Amy also trains her lens on the smaller pieces that may be overlooked with a project of this magnitude. Throu

A 9/11 Message to Remember

July 13, 2011

At bedrock of the World Trade Center site, on an unfinished wall of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, Debra Burlingame used a black marker to scrawl a message in tribute to her brother, Capt. Charles "Chic" Burlingame, a pilot on American Airlines Flight 77 that

Rainbow Arches over 9/11 Memorial

July 11, 2011

The 9/11 Memorial today launched its online reservation system. After 10 years, the general public will be able to return to the World Trade Center site with a free visitors pass to the Memorial obtained through the reservation system. On Sept. 12, t

The Lens: Viewing the 9/11 Memorial

June 30, 2011

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. Amy also trains her lens on the smaller pieces that may be overlooked with a project of this magnitude. Throu

September 11 National Medal is Unveiled

June 20, 2011

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, U.S. Treasurer Rosa Rios and 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels today unveiled the 2011 September 11 National Medal issued by the U. S. Mint to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.  U.