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. Living in California, I witnessed it "from afar", only to gradually come to know of friends whose experience was much closer. Thankfully, I know of no victim who was a friend or relative, but some friends were and are very much involved. As a minister, it was my decision to have services of remembrance and support for people who just wanted to gather. We'll do that again this year. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life hasn't changed too much, except that my understanding of Islam has deepened considerably. I was pretty ignorant of the varieties of Islam, and as a result of 9/11, I have worked on remediation of that lack. As a Christian minister, I am not naive about human nature, but it was not clear to me until studying just how different the origins of Islam were from those of Christianity or Judaism. These discoveries helped me understand what happened to a degree; though the willingness of the terrorists to target noncombatants directly is still a mystery to me. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I have become much more aware of the many ways people seek to get their way and force others to do things their way - not just through terrorism, but through controlling who gets to speak, write, and influence others. The notion that there are no noncombatants is something we had better take seriously, because Muslim terrorists are not the only ones who believe it. 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 flew the flag. No. My feelings haven't changed. It symbolizes a country whose most important ideals are freedom and tolerance of differences with which one dies not agree. 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 nmah229.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 4.63.57.69