After more than a month on display in the Museum, the two banners we created to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11 have gone to their new, permanent home at the Tribute WTC Visitor Center in New York City, just across the street from the sixteen-acre site where the World Trade Center towers used to stand and where the new towers are under construction.

Created by the September 11^th Families' Association, the center, in the words of its mission statement, "offers visitors to the World Trade Center site a place where they can connect with people from the September 11^th community. Through walking tours, exhibits and programs, the Tribute WTC Visitor Center offers 'Person to Person History,' linking visitors who want to understand and appreciate these historic events with those who experienced them." Because the banners, with their 9,000 handwritten names, focus on the individuals lost both on 9/11 and in the wars that followed, it made sense to donate them to an organization that is headed by a man, retired New York City firefighter Lee Ielpi, who lost his firefighter son in the towers and now works to honor the memory of each person who was lost, not just the event as a whole.

The Museum's education specialist and two Sailors hand delivered the banners to the center on 29 November and were able to meet with Mr. Ielpi and tour the exhibits with Tribute WTC's curator, Meriam Lobel. It was an incredible experience and we hope to send more Sailors to tour the center and the memorial across the street sometime next spring. If you are interested in visiting, more information about the center can be found at www.tributewtc.org. The banners will be on display periodically; we will post dates and times on our website and Facebook page.