"A People is... what it remembers" Flight 93 Memorial

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At the memorial service in Shanksville, PA, this afternoon, former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky said, "A people is what it remembers."  He often speaks of shared memory that defines a people.  Today, the Flight 93 National Memorial and the land on which it stands was dedicated.  Now a part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, the memorial pays tribute to the passengers and crew of Flight 93.

Today, as I see the images and hear the stories, I become reminded once again of how fortunate we are to work in the the field of archives and records administration--to play a small part in keeping not only records but preserving memories.   Read more about the Flight 93 National Memorial.