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 was getting ready to move in to a new house on that morning. I was collecting some paint brushes when my father came in and told me that there had been an accident in NYC and a plane had hit a building. I was pretty shocked but thought there must have been some mistake in the coverage. An accident like that couldn't happen with all the modern technology in use today. I went to my parents place and got in just as the second plane hit. Like everyone else I knew that it wasn't an accident. Needless to say I didn't get any work done on the house that day. After a half hour of watching I called a friend who was at work and asked him "Have you heard what's going on out here?" He said they had heard rumors but wasn't sure how much was true and I explained to him that yes, it was true, and that the 1st tower of the WTC had just fallen. Other people at work called as they day when on wanting to get factual updates of what was happening. I couldn't blame them because the rumors they were getting were pretty wild. Sadly some of them, the second tower falling, were real. There is a message board at work where the different shifts could put up important bits of information that the others needed to know. On that night I drew a US flag at half mast and added "NY, PA, DC 9-11-2001." It stayed on the board until November. I used to think that every generation would have one moment of unification. For my parents it was where they were when Kennedy was assassinated. I thought for my generation it would be when Reagan was shot, then when the Challenger exploded, and know it's 9/11. I think three is enough for one generation. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? 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? 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 nmah150.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. 2002-08-18 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 167.142.16.23