Looking Back, Moving Forward »
by Elizabeth Silkes Executive Director International Coalition of Sites of Conscience In the days and weeks that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001, I joined New Yorkers and the world in grappling with the horror of what had happened … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11 Anniversary ReflectionsWhy Memorialize Atrocities? »
By Bonita Bennett Director District Six Museum Cape Town, South Africa: Even from these distant shores, many of us can remember where we were or what we were doing on 11 September 2001. It has become one of those moments … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11 Anniversary ReflectionsLower East Side Tenement Museum: Past and Present »
Below, two educators at Manhattan’s Lower East Side Tenement Museum share their experiences giving the Museum’s Getting Bytour, which includes a particularly poignant 9/11 story. The Museum, which shares the histories of working-class, immigrant families who called the tenement home … Continue reading
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