A traveling exhibition that pays tribute to the victims and heroes of September 11, 2001, visits St. Louis at the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007. The national tour is a part of an an awareness and fundraising effort to involve citizens in contributing to the 9/11 memorial fund. (Mary Butkus Photo)
Attendees at opening ceremony. A traveling exhibition that pays tribute to the victims and heroes of September 11, 2001, visits St. Louis at the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007. The national tour is a part of an an awareness and fundraising effort to involve citizens in contributing to the 9/11 memorial fund. (Mary Butkus Photo)
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, which will open in New York in 2009, is launching a grassroots awareness program to reach as many people as possible to honor the innocent lives lost on September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 and to preserve the memory of the events for future generations.
To make the exhibit accessible for all - and to help build grassroots support - the Memorial has created an evolving digital experience, as well as a traveling exhibition that will begin crisscrossing the nation this September. The exhibition tells the story of 9/11 from the perspective of families, responders, survivors, volunteers and everyday people.
The purpose of this group is to share images that honor the memories of those lost, to remember and reflect on the awful events of that day and to celebrate the strength and heroism of a nation brought together by great tragedy.
For more information, visit National 911 Memorial
National September 11 Memorial & Museum Tour
The World Trade Center Memorial & Museum is launching a grassroots effort to help build a national Memorial and Museum to honor the innocent lives lost on September 11th 2001, and preserve the memory of the event for future generations.
To involve as many people as possible, the Memorial and Museum has created a traveling exhibition that tells the story of September 11th from the point of view of responders, survivors, volunteers and average people who came together on that terrible day and in the agonizing days that followed.
The exhibition will provide an opportunity for people to come together and reflect on the events of September 11th, and to provide information on the plans to build the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. The exhibition will include:
- An intimate theater to present a short video on the events of September 11th, and the weeks following
- Artifacts and photos
- An architectural drawing of the memorial and museum
- An opportunity to sign a beam that will be used in the memorial and museum construction
To help us gauge attendance, please visit http://www.visitthe911exhibition.com here and choose the city and the total number of people that will be attending. This information will only be used to gauge attendance in each market. No email addresses or personal information will be collected.
If interested in volunteering for the Exhibition, please email us at National911Memorialtourinfo@octagon.com to let us know
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum Exhibition will begin on Monday, September 10th in Columbia, South Carolina. Here are the dates and details for the Memorial Exhibition as it travels the country:
September 10-11
Columbia, South Carolina – Finlay Park
9/10 – 10:00AM-6:30PM
9/11 – 12:00PM-8:00PM
September 15-16
Raleigh, North Carolina – Nash Square
10:00AM-6:00PM on both days
September 19-20
Norfolk, Virginia – National Maritime Center
9/19 – 9:00AM-6:00PM
9/20 – 10:00AM-6:00PM
September 23
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Mazeroski Way at Heinz Field
10:00AM-6:00PM
September 26
Charleston, West Virginia – Hadden Park
9:00AM-6:00PM
September 29-30
Cincinnati, Ohio – Firefighter Memorial @ 6th Street and Central Avenue
10:00AM-6:00PM on both days
October 3
Lexington, Kentucky – TBD
10:00AM-6:00PM
October 6-7
Ft. Wayne, Indiana – Freimann Square
10:00AM-6:00PM on both days
October 10
Lansing, Michigan – Capital Plaza
9:00AM-6:00PM
October 13-14
Aurora, Illinois – Farmers Market
10:00AM-6:00PM on both days
October 17
Madison, Wisconsin – 100 Block of Martin Luther King
10:00AM-6:00PM
October 20-21
Sioux Falls, South Dakota – TBD
10:00AM-6:00PM on both days
October 23
Des Moines, Iowa – Western Gateway Park
10:00AM-6:00PM
October 27-28
Omaha, Nebraska – Lewis and Clark Landing
10:00AM-6:00PM on both days
October 30-31
Wichita, Kansas – Kennedy Plaza
10:00AM-6:00PM on both days
Morice Hallman at the National September 11 Memorial event being recognized on behalf of students at the White Knoll Middle School. Students at the school raised enough money to buy a new fire truck for the NYFD.
An attendee holds an American flag at the open ceremony for the National 911 Memorial exhibit in Columbia, SC.
Irmo, S.C., residents, Nobuo Yamashiro, left, and Dawn Yamashiro, right, along with their four children, sign a beam for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Monday, Sept. 10, 2007, in Columbia, S.C., on the opening day of the exhibit, in memory of Dawn's brother, Brian Warner, who worked at the World Trade Center for Cantor Fitzgerald, and was killed in the attacks.
The traveling 911 Memorial Fund raiser at Nauticus in Norfolk, Va on Sept 19, 2007. (Gary C. Knapp)
The National September 11 Memorial event in Norfolk.
Seven month-old Brooke Lynn Lesniewski reaches out to touch the beam that is traveling with the National September 11 Memorial, Sunday Sept. 16, 2007, in Raleigh, N.C. Brooke Lynn is being held by her father, Ron Lesniewski and she is named for Brooklyn, N.Y. The National September 11 Memorial is visiting Raleigh, N.C. for the second day. Photo by Karen Tam
Who I'd like to meet:
The responders, survivors, volunteers, families and everyday people who came together on 9/11 and in the weeks and years that have followed.
I'm disappointed this group never saw a surge of support, even after the tour's completion. But, myspace is for the younger crowd, and the majority of young kids really don't wish to deal with these issues, which I understand. But I really think it would improve the youth's collective consciousness if the majority could have the capacity to take a moment to recognize and respect in spite of whatever they'd "rather" be doing. That's one thing that would impress me from today's American youth. I wish it could happen.
Hello and thanks SO VERY MUCH for the add! I have certainly been busy here in Chico Ca doing my part. I raised funds to support a cobblestone, and got support from the people of Chico by being both in the news and our local paper about my quest! I truely hope your tour can make it this way soon! Please keep in touch! I am also going to be in NY for the opening!
Hi, my name is Don Coe, I'm an American Airlines employee based in Dallas-Fort Worth. I was in attendance for the dedication of a small 911 Memorial in Utica, NY. It's a wonderful contribution from such a small city.
I am SO proud and inherently grateful of those in leadership positions who patiently searched for the most appropriate step forward in the World Trade Center site's future. It took several years of deliberation, but everyone knew this was something that couldn't, shouldn't, be rushed. And now, we have an incredible collaboration of ideas which distinctly captures memoriam, ingenuity, and the good of humanity. I'm very proud of the plans in store for the new World Trade Center, and what we're doing to remember what, and who, we've lost.
MICHAEL DOHERTY / Observer-Dispatch A Utica Police Department Honor Guard participates in the dedication of The Mohawk Valley 9/11 Memorial Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at the Memorial Parkway and Sherman Drive in Utica. Six local people died at the World Trade Center in New York City and one on Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa.
