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 will never forget that dreadful day. I am a teaching assistant in kindergarten at Locust Grove Elementary in Locust Grove, Georgia. Someone came into my room and quietly told me that an airplane had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. I left the room immediately and called my daughter in law and she confirmed the horrible truth. I noticed some teachers gathering in the library engrossed in the television and joined them. I was horrified! This could not be happening to the country that we Americans love so very much. The principal came around to all the rooms and ask us not to turn on the television....and told us that we could view the news in the library. I could not wait until I got home that afternoon. I stayed up late that night and found trouble leaving the room in fear that I would miss something on television. I did not want to go to school that morning because I knew that we would not be allowed to watch the television. I caught myself going to the library, which was the only place we were allowed to watch the television, quite often. I can only imagine how the people of New York must have felt...being there. My prayers are still with them. I think of that dreadful day that chaned our lives every day. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes, my life has changed very much so. I have always been proud to be an American but that next day I bought a flag and put it on my car and I also have a bumper sticker. My son, Jason, daughter in law, Adrianne and my two year old grandson, Dalton and I visited New York shortly after the September 11 tragedy and went to Ground Zero. We must have cried for what seemed like hours. I could not believe what we saw. The pictures on the television were horrible but viewing the scene was unreal. Yes, my life has changed and all for the better due to this terrible crime against the United States of America. I am even more proud to be living in this wonderful county. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I want everyone to remember the people whose lives were lost on that day. I want everyone to remember that we are a strong nation and we will forever be the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA......the land of the free and the home of the BRAVE. 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? I have an American flag and bumper sticker on my car. It has been on their since September 12.....and it will be on their until it falls off or it is replaced with a new one and at that time I will keep the old one in a safe place for my grandson to keep. Have my feeling for the American flag changed as a result of September 11? Yes, now I am even more proud to be an American and the American flag is even more beautiful today than it was September 11. 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 nmah5449.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. 2003-02-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.208.71