Thanks to Allen for the photos. Along with flowers, someone has left a pictorial memorial at the Alki Statue of Liberty, which became a Seattle gathering place after the 9/11 attacks,
While hundreds gathered there for a 10th-anniversary vigil in 2011, nothing formal is planned today/tonight.
SIDE NOTE: On 9/11/2007, the refurbished statue was unveiled. The plaza surrounding it, with a new pedestal for the statue, was dedicated a year later.
Doesn’t surprise me that nothing is planned for today. In schools it is not part of the curriculum or even spoken about. Sad.
(a) I didn’t say nothing is planned – just that nothing was planned at the Alki plaza.
(b) That is not true. You can find numerous online references to teachers with 9/11 in their curriculum. Such as
https://time.com/5672103/9-11-history-curriculum
https://theconversation.com/what-schools-teach-about-9-11-and-the-war-on-terror-166936
My middle-schooler, apparently, was learning about it this past week.
My high school student has a paper due in Tuesday after interviewing 2 people who lived through that day & the aftermath. I am one of the interviewees.Remembrances are planned all over, including the Mariners game.
My 5th grader at Arbor Heights had a big discussion about this in her class on Friday. I don’t know how consistently it is being covered in schools but it is definitely being discussed.
The impromptu vigil at the statue on the eevening of 9/11 was surreal, quiet, and sad. There were Air National Guard F-15s way overhead that could be barely heard but not seen. A few pickup trucks had huge American flags flying in their beds. There was tremendous unity that I’ve never seen before, but it was a very scary time. It’s too bad that unity couldn’t be during a time of peace instead of only when war has been declared on us.
It looks like someone took the flowers I placed there yesterday as they aren’t in this picture.
My husband, child, and I will be at the statue tonight from around 7:45 PM to 8:30 PM. We will bring candles and we will honor the lives lost twenty years ago today and in the aftermath of 9/11. Please join us if you like.
Nope. There is a salsa dancing event happening right at the base of the statue all night long….
I was pretty surprised to see that nonsense going on. They moved the memorial too.
1) The salsa dancing is not “nonsense” as it’s a annual event at Alki and enjoyed by many. 2) The whole point of recovering from 9/11 is to show that the fundamentalist terrorists didn’t win. Al Quaeda, the Taliban, and ISIS all forbid dancing and music. 3) People had all day to gather at the Statue for a vigil.
I agree. Very disrespectful, especially moving the memorial as if it were just so much detritus in their way. Salsa dancing is not a political statement against Islamic terrorism; talk about nonsense. This should have been scheduled for another day or another location, especially on this important anniversary.
The Log House Museum is collecting your remembrances of 9-11. If your would like to contribute, go to this link: loghousemuseum.org/blog/remembering-september-11-2001
Published that yesterday! Thanks!
https://westseattleblog.com/2021/09/20-years-after-9-11-southwest-seattle-historical-society-wants-to-hear-from-you/
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