Mayor Bloomberg: "The southern tip of Manhattan has held a unique position of importance in North America and the world at large."

Lower Manhattan has more to see, more to do and more in New York to experience than any other single square mile in America. A unique blend of old and new, classic and contemporary, this is a place that celebrates the past and looks to the future.  The Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange, the Statue of Liberty and the South Street Seaport will soon be joined by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

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Today, 9/11 President Joe Daniels appeared on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" to defend the important artifact recently installed in the 9/11 Memorial Museum, which you can read more about here.

Update: Read more about some of the artifacts that will be part of the 9/11 Memorial Museum at FoxNews.com.

The mission of the National September 11 Memorial Museum, opening in September 2012, is to tell the history of 9/11 through historic artifacts like the World Trade Center Cross.  In the historical exhibition, the Cross is part of our commitment to bring back the authentic physical reminders that tell the story of 9/11 in a way nothing else can.

In addition to the Cross, other religious artifacts that will be displayed in the 9/11 Memorial Museum's historical exhibition include a Star of David cut from World Trade Center steel and a Bible fused to a piece of steel that was found during the recovery effort.

Marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Phaidon Press with the support of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum announced today the publishing of a commemorative edition of the book “Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive” by Joel Meyerowitz.

The 349-page book, which will be published by Phaidon Press in June, is the only existing photographic record of the monumental recovery effort in the weeks and months after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The publication features 400 color photographs from the World Trade Center site, where Meyerowitz was the only professional photographer granted untethered access to ground zero in the months following the attacks. 

This commemorative edition features a new cover with an endorsement from 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels: “Aftermath is a testament to the heroism and compassion that were so much a part of the recovery effort at ground zero."

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

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A group of kids too young to remember when the Twin Towers collapsed characterize their experiences of witnessing the rebirth of the World Trade Center as part Fox News' Rise of Freedom broadcast series.

The 9/11 Memorial Museum developed some helpful tips on how to talk to your kids about 9/11.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. Amy also trains her lens on the smaller pieces that may be overlooked with a project of this magnitude. Through “The Lens: Viewing the 9/11 Memorial,” readers of The MEMO blog can share some of the unique vantage points captured by Amy.

Flowing: The pumps powering the waterfalls inside the enormous south reflecting pool of the 9/11 Memorial were successfully tested on May 13. In November, the north reflecting pool's waterfalls were similarly tested.

 The waterfalls, which flow on all four sides of the two acre-sized pools, drop 30 feet.  

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

Sept. 11, 2001 is one of the most recorded events in history. Having so much 9/11 information helps us retell countless stories of loss, grief and heroism. It also presents the problem of accumulating, safely storing and sharing our growing collection of 9/11-related materials.

To that end, we’ve sought solutions through data storage from multiple vendors. We’ve tapped cloud storage through companies such as Nirvanix and, to a lesser degree, Amazon S3, an online web storage service. As a nonprofit, the 9/11 Memorial has to make prudent decisions on how technology is used and deployed. This allows us to select effective solutions as we prepare to open the 9/11 Memorial in less than six months and the 9/11 Memorial Museum a year later.

As we continue to work feverishly to open, we’ve engage the public through technology in meaningful ways.  We connect with the world through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. But beyond these well-known channels, we’ve built numerous interactive web properties to share and receive information. In 2009, we launched the Make History website, allowing the public to send and share 9/11 images, videos and stories. In 2010, we released an iPhone app called Explore 9/11, which is approaching 300,000 downloads. Also in 2010, we unveiled our Lady Liberty interactive. And this year we released the interactive 9/11 Timeline, which chronicles the events of 9/11 with images, video, and audio.

We’ve partnered with organizations – large and small – to deliver these engaging, meaningful experiences.

A partnership with Google led to the creation of a 3D rendering of the Memorial. Microsoft's Bing team provided a link to our website from the Bing homepage that boosted traffic to our site. Microsoft also provided hosting on their Azure hosting platform for our interactives. Twilio provided voice XML capabilities for our “Call to Remember” hotline archive. We also teamed with Earthcam to provide a video feed from their camera overlooking the World Trade Center site.

We recognize the role technology plays in creating these meaningful experiences as well as expanding our reach across the globe. You can expect more innovative uses of technology to deliver on the promise to never forget.

By Sean Anderson, Chief Technology Officer for the 9/11 Memorial

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Fox News’ Rise of Freedom series takes a look at the Tribeca Film Festival underway in lower Manhattan. Read more about the festival at FoxNews.com.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

On Monday, February 14, 2011, we will officially close our Friends Memorial Facebook account and will move to the new National September 11 Memorial & Museum page. We value the Friends Memorial community and the comments, questions and feedback we receive on a daily basis. Let’s continue the conversation at the new page.

 Please "Like" the new page at:

National September 11 Memorial and Museum

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum Page promises to:

1)    Keep you informed about the 9/11 Memorial opening on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

2)    Answer your important questions about visiting the Memorial when it opens, the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site in lower Manhattan, and the Museum in 2012.

3)    Connect you with our Twitter tweets and MEMO blog posts all from one page.

4)    Share photos and video of our progress from every vantage point, so you can witness history in the making. 

5)    Invite you to special events and programming, and share new materials with you. Educating the world about 9/11 and its impact on history is core to our organizational mission.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

Architect Mark Wagner is an associate partner at the architecture firm Davis Brody Bond Aedas,which designed the 9/11 Memorial Museum opening in 2012 at the World Trade Center site. In the aftermath of 9/11, Wagner served as project architect for the World Trade Center Archive, a project charged with the onsite collection and preservation of artifacts recovered at the WTC site.

The “Exploring 9/11″ webcast series is exclusively produced for the 9/11 Memorial and Museum and is hosted by Clifford Chanin, senior program advisor for the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Check our website each month for a new installment in the series. If you missed previous webcasts, find it on The MEMO blog or visit national911memorial.org.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff 

Capt. Patrick J. Brown of  New York City’s fire department  was a remarkable man.  So intriguing, Sharon Watts, his former fiancée, decided to chronicle his heroism and charming idiosyncrasies after his death on Sept. 11.  Watts will sign copies of  her book work, “Miss You, Pat,” on Feb. 5, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site, 20 Vesey St. 

By 9/11 Memorial Staff