Category: 9/11

Commemorating the 22nd Anniversary of the Attack on NYC ~ September 11

9/11, Downtown, World Trade Center

 

 

 

It has been twenty-two years since September 11, 2001, a day the world will never forget. On this day, families and friends lost 2,983 souls in the attacks on our Country. By hosting commemorative events, we hope to pay tribute to the victims and their memory, through collection, preservation and exhibition of materials and digital artifacts. Here are just a few thoughtful ways to spend September 11th in 2023.

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9/11 ~ Commemorating 21st Anniversary of the Attack on NYC

9/11, Downtown

 

 

 

Bronze Bas-Relief Memorial at 10 House donated by Holland & Knight

It has been twenty-one years since September 11, 2001, a day the world will never forget. On this day, families and friends lost 2,983 souls in the attacks on our Country. By hosting commemorative events, we hope to pay tribute to the victims and their memory, through collection, preservation and exhibition of materials and digital artifacts. Here are just a few thoughtful ways to spend September 11th in 2022.

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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church & National Shrine at World Trade Center Finally Open to the Public

9/11, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church & National Shrine

 

 

 

Consecration July 4 2022, Live Stream at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church & National Shrine

With a rich history dating back to the early 1900s, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was completely destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attack, when the South tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. Vowing to rebuild, the dedicated congregation began the overwhelming task.

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at World Trade Center is finally open to the public (December 5, 2022).

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9/11 ~ Commemorating 20th Anniversary of the Attacks on NYC

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Bronze Bas-Relief Memorial at 10 House donated by Holland & Knight

It has been twenty years since September 11, 2001, a day the world will never forget. On this day, families and friends lost 2,983 souls in the attacks on our Country. By hosting commemorative events, we hope to pay tribute to the victims and their memory, through collection, preservation and exhibition of materials and digital artifacts. Here are just a few thoughtful ways to spend the day.

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Revisiting 9/11 Tiles for America ~ A Memorial in Greenwich Village

9/11, Greenwich Village

 

 

 

Tiles for America at Mulry Square

September 11, 2001 will be indelibly imprinted in our minds. Overwhelmed with a sense of sadness, New Yorkers came together in many different ways ~ in cleanup, in prayer, and in art. On September 12th, pictures of lost loved-ones were hung on a chain linked fence in Greenwich Village, with the hope that they would be found. Along-side these pictures were ceramics shaped angels, handprinted with patriotic symbols. Over the next weeks and months, the ceramic tiles on the fence grew ~ and eventually they were saved and placed permanently in a small triangular park in Greenwich Village.

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