Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: As the hours of horror crept by and the images on the television became an series of searing images in my brain and mind, I struggled with what sort of response my country should make to such unthinkable evil. Each hour brought more certainty to me that the entire nature of the American people had been so completely misread and thoroughly misunderstood by whoever was responsible as to have created a mindset in which they thought Americans too weak or pampered and the United States too politically disordered to respond. On September 12, that thought became a poem in my mind about who we are and the depths of the American will to find those responsible and root out this evil at its source, and I wrote out the words. If it speaks to you of a sense of the American spirit, please feel free to keep it and send it to friends.  YOU DO NOT KNOW ME September 12, 2001 You do not know me. I live on quiet tree-lined streets Whose branches overarch the roadway Giving shade to all who walk there In every city of this land. You do not know me. My father gave his c-rations to a starving child in Germany. My brother gave his chocolate bars to hungry Vietnamese children My son gave a blanket to a shivering twelve year-old Iraqi soldier who surrendered Half a world away--for desert nights are deep and cold. You do not know me. In my time we have ended the horrors of death by diphtheria, smallpox, polio, Found the causes of malaria and cholera, Given humans new hearts and kidneys when their own have faltered, Created medicines to help the afflicted of mind and body, Grown new strains of food enriched with special elements to nourish hungry people, Walked on the moon, And danced in the interstices of heaven. You do not know me. I have seen vast oceans of wheat growing in our heartland That will feed those suffering from drought in Ethiopia, Civil war in Rwanda, Hungering multitudes in Bosnia, Kosovo, Bangladesh, and Haiti, People suffering from flood in China, or failure of a harvest in Russia. You do not know me. I have heard the endless sound of silence in purple- spangled mountain spaces, The sound of wind through boughs of pine on high desert mesas aromatic with sage, The babble on streets of great cities that never sleep, The endless din of steel poured, coal mined, automobiles manufactured, And the first cry of my grandchild as she came from the body of her mother, And in that sound saw all I am stretch before me into the infinity of tomorrow. You do not know me. I have worked hard, Typed a million million words in offices of schools and courts, Raised children, Supported the building of my church, Given what I could to the hungry and homeless whose need I see around me, Cared for a parent dying of Alzheimer?s disease, And bottle-fed abandoned new-born kittens who arrived unheralded to share my years. I have known the beauty of tolerance, The joys of working together, And the strength of community. I love three things beyond life or the telling of it: My family, my country, and my God. You do not know me. You do not know that all these things have shaped a steadfast heart That will freely yield them up If by doing so I can at last insure The freedom to walk my tree-lined streets in shade, Hear the sounds of wind in desert spaces, Feed the hungry, Raise my children, Care for my parents, And love my family, My country, And my God. ?-Diane Spencer Pritchard-- Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7706.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.246.116.176