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Remembering 9/11

August

The World Trade Center Memorial has gotten a new name and it’s not an improvement.

It is now called the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. In the words of a colleague: That’s ludricrous.

He’s right. I cannot image anyone actually saying that mouthful.

The goal apparently was to more fully reflect the Sept. 11 attacks as a national tragedy.

Why not simply the Sept. 11 Memorial? Somehow I think that’s what people might call it.

The new Web site is http://www.national911memorial.org.

“Reflecting Absence: A Memorial at the World Trade Center Site” by Michael Arad is shown in this image released in 2004. It was chosen as the design for the World Trade Center memorial.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 4:44 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
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One Response to “Remembering 9/11”

Richard Tjoa August 15th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
9/11 wasn’t a GLOBAL tragedy?

Six years ago, I do remember people worldwide holding vigils, memorials… Since then, I think we’ve polarized and alienated the planet.

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