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September 11: Attacks
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[T]he traumatic losses of September 11 have become the touchstone for all of the administration’s policies, invoked as the pretext for two wars—and tens of thousands of deaths—in the space of 18 months. They have likewise been used to justify sweeping attacks on basic democratic rights in the name of a “war on terrorism,” as well as the destruction of jobs and living standards, as ever greater resources are shifted from social needs to the financing of militarism.
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Center for Nonproliferation Studies: 9-11 Resources for Students and Teachers - offers a section devoted to the September 2001 terrorist attacks on America. Includes an online discussion forum and an archive of Q&A sessions with CNS specialists.
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The ceremony, which is open to the public, will take place at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at the Place of Reflection 9/11 Memorial, located inside the Chestnut Branch Park on Main Street in Mantua. This year's remembrance will include ringing a ceremonial bell to coincide with the timing of that morning's tragic events, as well as laying a wreath at the memorial. The memorial is a tribute to three Gloucester County residents who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks John Rodak, Nicholas W. Brandemarti and Perry Thompson as well as all of the other victims of September 11.
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The Fund was created to provide education assistance for postsecondary study to financially needy dependents of those killed or permanently disabled as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and during rescue activities relating to those attacks. Lumina Foundation for Education of Indiana initiated the Fund with a $3 million grant. Special subfunds have been established for identified groups and can be specifically designated.
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The Library of Congress presentation of this collection includes further information about the project, plus a keyword search of the entire collection and browse of approximately 2,300 sites related to the September 11 attacks that have been cataloged. WebArchivist.org, in work funded by the Library of Congress and the Pew Internet & American Life Project, developed the software to navigate the portion of the collection that is fully catalogued. This activity included developing methods to link both human and machine-generated metadata to objects (sites, pages, and page components) in the archive, adding significant value for users of the archive, including researchers, journalists and citizens.
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The Citigroup Relief Fund was created to provide scholarships for postsecondary education to children of those killed or permanently disabled during the September 11 terrorist attack. Citigroup Foundation endowed the Fund with a contribution of $15 million. Since that time, clients, share-holders and colleagues, as well as individuals and organizations from around the world, have built the Fund to more than $20 million.
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