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. I can still remember exactly where I was on the tragic day of September 11th, 2001, and I am sure I won't be able to forget it either. I was in my 9th grade English class and we had just finished discussing one of our upcoming projects when one of the teachers came in looking very unhappy. She told our teacher, Ms. Hegge, that she needed to speak with her right away. It only took about three minutes until Ms. Hegge arrived back in our room and told us to put everything away and just listen to her. She told us that two planes had crashed into the twin towers. My insides were trying to tell me that it wasn't real and it seemed like it was just a story. The rest of the hour, which was about 15 minutes, we sat in silence watching the t.v. screen for the latest update. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life has changed since September 11th, 2001 and i would be greatly surprised if someone told me that theirs has not because it is such a big piece of our history now. I guess it is liking saying your life didn't change after World War II or the Korean War becuase we all know that everybodys did. I think the biggest part is it was a wake up call for all of us. I was shocked that people would want to do something like that to our country and I was pretty much in dark about how other countries felt about us. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think everything should be remembered about September 11th. Every piece is a piece of our history and should not be forgotten if we can help it. I am sure that others would like to forget some parts of the tragedy and I don't blame them for it. I believe that if we remember everything we can our country will stay strong and stick together more than ever before. 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? Yes, we did fly an American flag after September 11th, and also received the little miniture ones at about every parade in the state. I can remember many of the stores had to keep ordering them becuase of the demand for one. My feelings have greatly changed, since September 11th, on the American flag. Before I didn't really think about the flag or what it meant that much, but now I will never forget that is stands for our unity of the nation. 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 nmah1524.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. 198.81.16.164