The MEMO Blog

The official blog of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum features stories of commemoration and memorialization, and information on our public programs, special events, and ways to get involved.

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countering terrorism: knowledge and awareness is needed to combat persistent threats (Updated x1)

May 3, 2010

Thanks to alert street vendors and the New York Police Department, Times Square was saved from a car bomb attack on Saturday night.  Update: Fox 5's Good Day New York co-host Greg Kelly interviews one of the vendors who tipped off police officers. (Full d

Exploring 9/11: The world before and after (may)

May 3, 2010

New York University professor Brigette Sion talks about memory and methods of commemoration as part of this month's webcast series exploring 9/11.Sion, an assistant professor of religious studies, has researched memorials and the performance of memory. In

Sponsor cobblestone for Mother's Day and Father's Day

April 30, 2010

The 9/11 Memorial is opening next year.The National September 11 Memorial & Museum could use your help with paving the way to remembrance and hope by sponsoring a cobblestone as a gift on Mother's Day and Father's Day.Cobblestones will line the memo

Panel of experts strips away some of the many layers of the pending 9/11 terror trials

April 29, 2010

A panel of legal and security experts expressed several interesting views on the pending 9/11 terror trials, including the location of the federal hearing and Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.The discussion on Wednesday was part of the 9/11, Tod

Trials of terror revealed (Updated)

April 28, 2010

This evening three experts will discuss the pending 9/11 terror trials at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site at 20 Vesey St. in lower Manhattan.The event, which is fully booked, is part of the 9/11, Today and Tomorrow speakers series scheduled for 6:30 p.m. I

Trials of terror and 9/11 (Updated)

April 27, 2010

A terrorism trial is heading for a New York City courtroom, but it's most likely not the trial you think.An anonymous jury is to hear a case against Syed Hashmi of Queens, who's accused of providing supplies to al Qaeda fighters, according to the New York

RSVP now for event that explores the inner-workings of an enduring U.S. enemy: al Qaeda

April 27, 2010

Reserve your seat now for the next event in the 9/11 Today and Tomorrow speakers series.  On May 19, counterterrorism expert Bill Braniff of West Point's Combating Terrorism Center will present Understanding the Enemy: Counterterrorism and al Qaeda. All e

New York State company forges steel for 9/11 memorial

April 26, 2010

Construction on the 9/11 Memorial is continuing to move forward. Granite installation has begun inside the large reflecting pools and the memorial is now completely framed in steel. Its two acre-sized squares set within the original footprints of the

Share Your 9/11 Story With Us, With the World

April 23, 2010

Sharing a story inside a StoryCorps recording booth. (Photo by Tony Rinaldo) Do you have a 9/11 story to share?Since 2006, oral historians Jenny Pachucki and Amy Weinstein of the 9/11 Memorial Museum have been working to collect recordings chronicling the

A view unlike any other at the 9/11 Memorial

April 22, 2010

I'm in a unique position. I see the arrivals of  most of the guests for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.They walk by the receiving desk at the lower Manhattan office on their way for construction updates, oral history appointments or consu