SEPTEMBER 11
BEARING WITNESS TO HISTORY

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"...people were coming in from Japan to see that site and to leave offerings at the location..."
Peter Liebhold

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"...we're much more comfortable collecting artifacts that are clearly historical..."
Peter Liebhold
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"I see our collections like a tree or like a big bush"
David Shayt





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This collection of fourteen images of the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, crash site of United Airlines Flight...
This commemorative pamphlet, published by the Christian Embassy, was distributed at Washington, D.C.,...
These banners, made by school children in Kansas and Alaska, were sent to New York to express support...
Three identification cards belonging to Dr. Paul Wesley Ambrose, they were recovered with his remains...