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 Emails Description An account of the resource This collection contains emails which were sent or received on or around September 11, 2001. As of this writing individuals have submitted more than 1,500 correspondences. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 12:37 PM Subject: America All Staff Members, I was out of town last week when the WTC fell. I hope that none of you have close friends or family who are victims of the catastrophe. Regardless, the sadness and bereavement will be with us for a long time. I was in Tucson and drove 2,700 miles back to Long Island -- through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and NY. The trip afforded me an opportunity to witness first hand many of the supportive, patriotic, mournful events across the country. I know many of these are being held locally, but I witnessed it all across the country, and want to share some of my observations.... > Everywhere there were flags -- big ones and little ones -- on cars, draped from overpasses, stuck in lawns, taped to mailboxes, and being waved by people. > The HUGE flags you see occasionally in front of businesses, the ones that are 10 or 20 feet high, were universally flying at half mast all across the country. > Many of those tall digital signs visible from the interstate (that normally advertise something like gas prices at truck stops) read "God Bless America" or "Pray for Our Country". > I stopped in Nashville, TN for dinner and encountered a group of about 200 people in a candelight vigil, singing God Bless America and the Star Spangled Banner -- in the middle of the main street of the nightclub/restaurant district. And all up and down the street, people came out of buildings and stores with candles and joined in -- and people in the stopped cars sang along. > The next morning, in a small town east of Knoxville, TN, the electronic sign on the local bank asked everyone to "Keep the victims and their families in your prayers". > On entering West Virginia, someone had made a home-made sign -- a white sheet with the words "United We Stand" spray-painted in Red and Blue -- and mounted it below the billboard welcoming you to "Wild, Wonderful, West Virginia". > In Maryland, I passed a school that had about 1,000 small flags stuck in the ground outlining all the walks on the front lawn. > In Pennsylvania, every otherwise unused digital highway or road work sign flashed "Proud to be an American". > On every small town radio station, the local DJs were announcing cancellation of local events -- replaced by fund raisers and memorial services -- telling people where to donate blood or how to contribute otherwise. And every local store had sold out every flag they could get. > And the stations were playing patriotic songs you rarely hear broadcast -- like "Ragged Old Flag" by Johnny Cash. The attack has been compared to Pearl Harbor. The perpetrators would do well to remember the sentiments of Japan's Admiral Yamamoto following Pearl Harbor. He said that he feared they had ... awakened a sleeping giant and instilled in it a terrible resolve. When the grief has waned, I hope our national resolve lasts long enough to respond appropriately to this travesty. I like the way John McCain put it..."I say to our enemies, We are coming. God may show you mercy. We will not." Ron Farmer September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. September 17, 2001 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients Staff Members September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. Ron Farmer September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. America 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 email52.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. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. unknown Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. yes Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-03-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.3.136.209