9/11 Tribute Center programs are offered throughout the year. Lectures, educational workshops and support programs are available to unite family members who lost loved ones, survivors, Lower Manhattan residents, rescue and recovery workers and volunteers who assisted in the aftermath of 9/11. Visit tributewtc.org for a schedule of upcoming programs and events.
The Staten Island Children’s Museum will host a Police and Emergency Workers’ Day on Saturday, April 13, 2013 from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Children will be able to learn about the work first responders do to keep them safe.
Staten Island Children’s Museum
1000 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan and the New York City Police Museum present a new exhibit – 10-Foot Cops: The NYPD’s Mounted Unit. This event for all ages opens on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, as the NYPD Museum is still recovering from the extensive damage it suffered from Hurricane Sandy.
In partnership with the New York City Police Museum, CMOM presents 10-Foot Cops: The NYPD’s Mounted Unit, their latest exhibit housed on the Museum’s Lower Level.
On loan from the New York City Police Museum, which is temporarily closed due to damage sustained from Hurricane Sandy, 10-Foot Cops provides a glimpse into the history and daily lives of officers from New York City’s Mounted Police Force Unit. Included in the exhibit are:
Whether doing daily policing, working crowd control for parades or acting as goodwill ambassadors, NYPD’s Mounted Police are a great part of the diverse mosaic of New York City!
There will be special family events throughout the exhibit’s opening weekend. Visit the CMOM website for details. To help the New York City Police Museum, please click here.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, U.S. Naval Institute and the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation will honor the victims of 9/11 and fallen military heroes with a wreath-laying ceremony led by the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2002 on the US Naval Memorial’s outdoor plaza.
Also, an exhibit of photographs features USS NEW YORK (LPD-21), the naval ship forged with steel from the World Trade Center towers.
New York-based photographer C.R. Richardson’s work includes dramatic images of the ship, as well as candid shots of the crew and first responders who sailed aboard NEW YORK when she made a triumphant entry into her namesake city for the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
The Schedule:
4: 00pm – Wreath-laying Ceremony
4:30pm – USS NEW YORK (LPD 21) photo exhibit and reception
6:00pm – Book release – In the Shadow of Greatness
For more information, please visit the website. RSVP: Rob McGuire 202-380-0715 or via e-mail at rmcguire@navymemorial.org.
Dress code: Summer White or business casual attire.
Naval Heritage Center
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20004
There will be a quilt exhibit of 9/11 memorial quilts honouring the victims of the terrorist attacks on Monday, September 10, 2012 from 11:00am to 6:00pm at Saint John’s University on Staten Island.
The exhibit is free.
Saint John’s University
300 Howard Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10301
The Danbury Railway Museum will commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 by holding a First Responders’ Day on Saturday, September 8, 2012, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Police officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel and their families will be admitted and may ride the trains at no cost.
There will also be a special exhibit of photographs of the recovery efforts at the World Trade Center. The pictures were taken by members of Redding Fire and EMS Co. 1 and other recovery workers during the aftermath of the attacks in New York City. The photos will be displayed on a continuous loop on televisions inside the museum throughout the day.
For more information, please call 203-778-8337.
Danbury Railway Museum
120 White Street
Danbury, CT
The photo exhibit Still Standing—Still Free can be seen at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial from Saturday, August 11, 2012- Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Still Standing—Still Free commemorates the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon, with a display of 40 photographs taken at the Pentagon on or after the attack, including some photos that have never been publicly shown.
Photographers from the Washington DC-area represented include Stephen Jaffe, Sean Kelley, Joe Pisciotta, and Bob Pugh.
Women in Military Service for America Memorial
At the gateway to Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA