Interactive Timelines
Explore interactive timelines chronicling the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, 9/11, and the nine-month recovery effort at Ground Zero. Please note: The timelines contain sensitive content.
9/11 Primary Sources
These primary resources include speeches, executive orders, legislative acts and debates, and government reports from the decade after the 9/11 attacks. Additional materials will be added on a rolling basis.
Collection 9/11 Museum, Gift of Jonathan Lockwood Smith, JLS Photo
Photo by Jonathan Lockwood Smith
Given inherent sensitivities, certain documents may contain content that some may find offensive. The information is included to provide as complete a record as possible.
2001
September 10, 2001
Last Night Letter
September 11, 2001
Remarks by President George W. Bush after Two Planes Crash into World Trade Center
Remarks by President George W. Bush upon Arrival at Barksdale Air Force Base
Statement by President George W. Bush in His Address to the Nation
September 12, 2001
Remarks by President George W. Bush in Photo Opportunity with the National Security Team
Remarks by President George W. Bush while Touring Damage at the Pentagon
September 14, 2001
President George W. Bush Executive Order
Remarks by President George W. Bush at National Day of Prayer and Remembrance
Debate in the House of Representatives on House Joint Resolution 64 Authorizing the
Use of United States Armed Forces
Statement by Senator Russ Feingold on War Powers
September 18, 2001
Authorization for Use of Military Force
September 20, 2001
President George W. Bush's Address to Congress and the Nation on Terrorism
October 7, 2001
Remarks by President George W. Bush on U.S. Military Strikes in Afghanistan
October 12, 2001
Debate in the House of Representatives on the USA Patriot Act of 2001
October 25, 2001
Debate in the Senate on the USA Patriot Act of 2001
October 26, 2001
USA Patriot Act
November 13, 2001
Military Order of November 13, 2001
December 5, 2001
President George W. Bush Asks Global Leaders to Play Anthems on December 11, 2001
2002
May 30, 2002
Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao on End of Recovery at the WTC Site
Statement by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Ceremony Marking End of Recovery at
the WTC Site
September 11, 2002
Remarks by President George W. Bush at the Pentagon
Remarks by President George W. Bush to the Nation
November 25, 2002
Homeland Security Act of 2002
November 27, 2002
President George W. Bush Signs 9/11 Commission Bill
2003
April 28, 2003
LMDC Memorial Guidelines
September 7, 2003
President George W. Bush Update on the War on Terror
November 13, 2003
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
2004
January 13, 2004
WTC Memorial Jury Statement for Winning Design
July 22, 2004
The 9/11 Commission Report
September 11, 2004
President George W. Bush's Radio Address
2005
December 1, 2005
NIST Report on Collapse of WTC Towers
2006
May 9, 2006
USA Patriot Act Improvement and Reauthorization Act
September 5, 2006
President George W. Bush Discusses Global War on Terror
September 7, 2006
President George W. Bush Discusses Progress in the Global War on Terror
September 11, 2006
President George W. Bush's Address on the Fifth Anniversary of 9/11
October 17, 2006
Military Commissions Act of 2006
2008
September 11, 2008
President George W. Bush Attends Dedication of 9/11 Pentagon Memorial
2011
May 2, 2011
Remarks by President Barack Obama on the Death of Osama bin Laden
May 2, 2011
Responses to Osama bin Laden's Death
September 10, 2011
Remarks by Vice President Joseph Biden at Dedication of Flight 93 Memorial
September 11, 2011
Excerpted readings from the Tenth Anniversary at the 9/11 Memorial
Remarks by President Barack Obama at "A Concert for Hope"
Remarks by Vice President Biden at the Pentagon 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Commemoration
President George W. Bush Signs 9/11 Commission Bill
Statement by President George W. Bush in His Address to the Nation
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