Photos from the 9/11 Memorial's Annual Salute to Service Week
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s annual Salute to Service week wrapped up this weekend with special tributes on the Memorial Plaza and activities for families and children.
The five-day program included performances, tributes and ceremonies from various branches of the U.S. armed forces, NYPD, FDNY and PAPD; veteran and armed forces–specific programming, including special performances in The Stories They Tell series and an evening program, “Theater of War”; and events involving local and national veterans’ organizations.
Here are some images of the events captured throughout the week.
By 9/11 Memorial Staff
On Sept. 11, 2001, United States Air Force Lt. Col. Brande H. Walton was serving as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nuclear launch officer stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in in Great Falls, Mont.
I’ve had the pleasure of organizing this season’s gallery talks within the Museum’s special exhibition “Rendering the Unthinkable: Artists Respond to 9/11,” and I’ve been inspired by our visitors’ reactions to these tales of loss and resiliency.