On March 6, 2002, I contributed this story to the September 11 Digital Archive, http://911digitalarchive.org/ . It’s as “real-time" as my recollection of that day’s events could possibly get, but feels as if I wrote it on 9/12/01. If I hadn’t composed this at the time, I couldn’t possibly recall so many details nine years later. … Continue reading My 9/11
Tag: history and memory
From 2/15/98, to 6/6/44, to 9/11/01
Following are some thoughts, composed on the 66th anniversary of the most famous D-Day in history, related to history and cultural memory, especially how commemoration and experience of momentous events (meaning social, political and military episodes that affected the entire nation and shaped the culture) shift over generations. What causes some episodes to “stick” through … Continue reading From 2/15/98, to 6/6/44, to 9/11/01
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