The MEMO Blog

The official blog of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum features stories of commemoration and memorialization, and information on our public programs, special events, and ways to get involved.

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RSVP now for event that explores the inner-workings of an enduring U.S. enemy: al Qaeda

April 27, 2010

Reserve your seat now for the next event in the 9/11 Today and Tomorrow speakers series.  On May 19, counterterrorism expert Bill Braniff of West Point's Combating Terrorism Center will present Understanding the Enemy: Counterterrorism and al Qaeda. All e

New York State company forges steel for 9/11 memorial

April 26, 2010

Construction on the 9/11 Memorial is continuing to move forward. Granite installation has begun inside the large reflecting pools and the memorial is now completely framed in steel. Its two acre-sized squares set within the original footprints of the

Share Your 9/11 Story With Us, With the World

April 23, 2010

Sharing a story inside a StoryCorps recording booth. (Photo by Tony Rinaldo) Do you have a 9/11 story to share?Since 2006, oral historians Jenny Pachucki and Amy Weinstein of the 9/11 Memorial Museum have been working to collect recordings chronicling the

A view unlike any other at the 9/11 Memorial

April 22, 2010

I'm in a unique position. I see the arrivals of  most of the guests for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.They walk by the receiving desk at the lower Manhattan office on their way for construction updates, oral history appointments or consu

Progress report: Granite is filling 9/11 Memorial pool (Updated X3)

April 21, 2010

Section by section, panels of smooth dark granite is being installed in the north pool of the 9/11 Memorial.  Nearly 4,000 of these panels - each weighing about 420 pounds - will fill the memorial pool.  The two memorial pools, roughly about an acre in si

Remembering 9/11 with group run from LA to NYC

April 20, 2010

They are used to running into burning houses.Now a group of firefighters from Down Under will run from the coast of Los Angeles to the island of Manhattan in support of the nearly 3,000 victims - including "411 first responders" who died on Sept. 11. The

Memory & memorialization: The reality of planning for a memorial museum

April 20, 2010

Does memory have a lifespan?  If so, does it correspond to the life of a person remembering?  These may seem like abstract questions, but they have a very practical reality when planning for a memorial museum – an institution that is responsible for ex

United by Hope, OKC bombing occured 15 years ago today (Updated X4)

April 19, 2010

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing, an act of domestic terrorism that killed 168 people.  A memorial was erected in Oklahoma's capital city  in their honor. In late 2009, 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels traveled to

WTC steel that remained standing in 9/11 aftermath returns to the place 'they were born.' (Updated)

April 19, 2010

Hundreds of tons of remnant steel from the 2001 World Trade Center disaster has arrived home. That home may not be where you think. According to an Associated Press report by Joann Loviglio, more than two dozen flatbed trucks loaded with 500 tons of

Have you been to the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site?

April 17, 2010

The Alliance for the Arts, which advocates for New York City's cultural institutions, took notice of some newcomers that "attract big audiences." One of those cultural newcomers was the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site located at 20 Vesey St., a few yards from