Allison-Antrim Museum is joining together
with other member museums of the American
Association of Museums to mark the anniversary
of September 11^th and to celebrate the freedoms
that form the backbone of our nation.

The theme, “Celebrate America’s Freedoms: A Day of Remembrance”, was developed by the American Association of Museums and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The open house exhibit is comprised of a large scrapbook of newspaper articles that chronicle the timeline.
There are articles from both local newspapers and city newspapers. 
Visitors can spend as much time as they want looking at and reading the collection. 

There are about five books that have been purchased or donated to the museum for the visitors to leaf through.  The books include One Nation, Portraits 9/11/01, Among the Heroes, and Never Forget, An Oral History of September 11, 2001.  Portraits is a compilation of the New York Times’ Portraits of Grief column in which they featured several of the September 11th victims each day.  A photograph and 200 word essay, that captured the essence of each person, was the Times’ way of honoring each victim and allowing the world to put a face and meaning with each life – they are no longer just a number between one and three thousand.  On loan from Rhonda Hykes, Greencastle is a memorial card and thank you card from the family of one of the Tower victims.

AAMI purchased, through a generous offer from the Norman Rockwell Museum, a framed print of each of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms – Freedom from Want and Fear and Freedom of Worship and Speech. The original canvasses, which toured the country for the War Bond effort during WWII, were inspired by Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms January 1941 State of the Union address.  $133 million dollars worth of bonds were sold!!

Numerous pieces of artwork done by GAHS students last fall and artwork done this year, with their retrospective thoughts, are on display. It is a wonderful exhibit of the young people’s feelings expressed through art. Each picture is accompanied by a paragraph explaining their work in words. Some of the students visited the museum on opening day (above).

	A painting by Susan Shaffer, Greencastle. The subject is Rick Doran looking up at the ruins of the World Trade Center with an American flag resting on his shoulder.
	A copy of a painting by Rev. Neville West, Waynesboro, memorializing the events of September 11th is hanging on exhibit.

Also on exhibit is an autographed New York Fire Department fireman’s cap donated by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
 

Several people who keep journals have agreed to share their thoughts and comments. Visitors have an opportunity to write down either their retrospective thoughts, one-year later, on the events of September 11^th or their comments on America’s freedoms in a journal provided by the museum.

There is no admission fee but donations are accepted. 

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