Student Reflects on Trip to 9/11 Memorial

Several small American flags stand at the name of firefighter Stephen Gerard Siller on a bronze parapet at the 9/11 Memorial.
9/11 Memorial Plaza (Photo: Jin Lee)

The spirit of Memorial Day was captured perfectly in a guest column today by Michaela Aptt in the Sun Chronicle of North Attleboro, Mass.

The writer was part of a large group of high school students who recently visited the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. Aptt connected that memory to yesterday’s Memorial Day parade in North Attleboro. Among the reflections:

“Although I had been warned, nothing could've prepared me for the content of the exhibit and the impact it would have on me, so I started to cry,” she writes.

Read the entire story, including a moving interaction with a Museum Visitor Services Host. 

By Anthony Guido, Director of Communications

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