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: Bearing Witness to History" Stories Submitted Online Description An account of the resource Visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's, "Bearing Witness to History" online exhibition submitted these reflections beginning in 2002. NMAH Story NMAH Story: Story How did you witness history on September 11th? Share your experience. To answer literally, I watched the two towers fall on the news along with millions of other Americans on that fateful morning. More importantly, I watched history being made in the downcast eyes of my peers. This event will change my generation forever; it will keep us constantly aware of the delicacy of our liberty and safety. We are the future leaders of this nation, and I hope that this event will not breed hate for the Middle East that will eventually bubble over into the horrible mistakes of the future. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life has not changed since September 11th. We as Americans wanted to think that we would remember this event forever, that the trade towers would become the new Alamo, but it is sad how quickly our resolve has faded. Life has pretty much returned to normal. See, New York is thousands of miles from where I live, and it is difficult to relate to an event that happened a year ago, in a city I have never seen, to people I have never met. While I am by no means saying that the events of that day did not affect me, I must admit that now that the great trauma of having our nation attacked is done with, my life is largely unchanged. Month after month, flags slowly disappear from cars and homes, talks of the event vanish from the radio, and soon it will be just another event written in a history textbook. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? From September 11th, I believe we as a nation need to take a greater sense of world community. Bombings and other terrorist attacks are daily events in the Middle East, but they have never received the incredible media attention that a single attack on America did. America needs to remember that we are not the only nation under attack from terror. We need to use this pain to help us sympathize more acutely with the conflicts in the East, and from this sympathy draw new resolution to end terrorism--not out of outrage and vengence for September 11th, but out of compassion for the war-torn Middle East nations. NMAH Story: Flag Did you fly an American flag after the events of September 11th? Have your feelings about the American flag changed as a result of September 11th? I did not fly a flag after September 11th. Nobody flies an Israeli flag after they are viciously attacked, even though we are close allies with Israel; it just didn't feel right to do so for America. We in America are very elitist, and it seems that we use our flag not only to display unity but also our superiority over other nations. I felt that after September 11th, flying a flag would only enrage people more against the Middle Eastern nations, which is exactly the opposite reaction that the flag should have. The flag is a beautiful symbol that should inspire people to come together, and I certainly don't mind other people flying it. But it invokes too many negative emotions toward the Middle East, and that is why I choose not to fly it. 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 nmah1515.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. 2002-09-08 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 150.135.117.120