The MEMO Blog

Nodding-head figurines, or bobbleheads, have been a promotional mainstay of major league sports for decades. Typically, they reference teams and individual players beloved by loyal fans. This variant embodies the lion mascot adopted by the Los Angeles Kings ice hockey team in 2007. It also doubles as a tribute to the lion’s human namesake, Garnet Edward “Ace” Bailey, director of pro-scouting for the team, who was killed on 9/11.

As the 2018-19 National Hockey League season begins, take a moment to reflect on the healing and hope the hockey community exhibited after September 11. “Comeback Season: Sports After 9/11,” the new special exhibition at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, illustrates many of these moments.

At the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, the Education team works daily with students of all ages to help them understand the 9/11 attacks and their ongoing repercussions. This week, a team of educators laid tissue-paper flowers on the 9/11 Memorial, donated by third grade students from Southside Elementary School in Cabot, Ark.

The Brooklyn Nets paid an emotional visit to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum on Friday on a team-building trip.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg paid tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and outlined NATO's role in the fight against terrorism in a speech at the 9/11 Memorial Museum on Wednesday.

For more than four decades and counting, news anchor and journalist Chuck Scarborough has broadcasted the news from NBC’s headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Center. In the latest episode of the 9/11 Memorial Museum's OUR CITY. OUR STORY. podcast, he discusses about his responsibility to report the news on Sept. 11.

In 2001, Patrick Hinds was still new to New York, excitedly pursuing a career as a freelance writer. He would later become an influential personality in the Broadway world, hosting and producing highly successful podcasts like “Theatre People” that explore the industry. In the latest episode of the OUR CITY. OUR STORY. podcast, Hinds speaks about his favorite New York City community, and the tumultuous journey of Broadway in the aftermath of 9/11.

Paul Cascio’s varsity letter from Manhasset Secondary School on Long Island — adorned with pins for swimming, baseball and cross country — anticipates the man he became: busy, energetic, athletic and always surrounded by a group of loyal friends. According to one of his closest from that circle, Paul “loved being on teams with his best buddies.”

Parkland, Fla., Puerto Rico and London have been selected by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum as recipients of “Survivor Tree” seedlings. The communities, which have been disproportionately affected by disaster or violence this year, have committed to nurturing these trees to serve as landmarks symbolizing resiliency and hope.

Family members who lost a loved one, survivors, first responders and elected officials gathered at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum Tuesday to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.