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EspañolTAKE BACK THE MEMORIAL
'Take Back The Memorial' is an organization which advocates keeping the memorial site of the World Trade Center in New York City focused on the memory of the victims who died there in the attacks of September 11, 2001. The group was part of a successful effort to defeat the International Freedom Center proposal.
The group was started by Robert Shurbet and inspired by Debra Burlingame, sister of Charles "Chic" Burlingame III, captain of American Airlines Flight 77 which was crashed into the Pentagon. TBTM's mission is to monitor and to protest distractions of the proposed World Trade Center and 9/11 memorials from the events of that particular place and time.
The principal target of Take Back the Memorial was the International Freedom Center (IFC) which was to have been located at the World Trade Center site. The group argued that the proposed historical exhibits, including some critical of previous American policies, could have been viewed by visitors as justification for the attacks. IFC backers defended the historical exhibits on the basis of what it called balance. [1] TBTM believed that the memorial should not include any precursor events to the attacks. Burlingame wrote an op-ed in the ''Wall Street Journal'' entitled ''The Great Ground-Zero Heist'' protesting the IFC on June 8, 2005. [2]
On September 28, 2005 Governor George Pataki ended plans to include the IFC at the World Trade Center site.
★ Reflecting Absence, World Trade Center site (proposed)
★ Flight 93 National Memorial, Shanksville, Pennsylvania (under development)
★ Pentagon Memorial, Pentagon (under development)
★ Tribute in Light, World Trade Center site (temporary performance)
★ Take Back The Memorial website
★ About Take Back the Memorial
★ Westchester Housewife, WSJ Story on Debra Burlingame and the struggle over the IFC, October 1 2005
The group was started by Robert Shurbet and inspired by Debra Burlingame, sister of Charles "Chic" Burlingame III, captain of American Airlines Flight 77 which was crashed into the Pentagon. TBTM's mission is to monitor and to protest distractions of the proposed World Trade Center and 9/11 memorials from the events of that particular place and time.
| Contents |
| Protest of the International Freedom Center |
| Other 9/11 memorials |
| External links |
Protest of the International Freedom Center
The principal target of Take Back the Memorial was the International Freedom Center (IFC) which was to have been located at the World Trade Center site. The group argued that the proposed historical exhibits, including some critical of previous American policies, could have been viewed by visitors as justification for the attacks. IFC backers defended the historical exhibits on the basis of what it called balance. [1] TBTM believed that the memorial should not include any precursor events to the attacks. Burlingame wrote an op-ed in the ''Wall Street Journal'' entitled ''The Great Ground-Zero Heist'' protesting the IFC on June 8, 2005. [2]
On September 28, 2005 Governor George Pataki ended plans to include the IFC at the World Trade Center site.
Other 9/11 memorials
★ Reflecting Absence, World Trade Center site (proposed)
★ Flight 93 National Memorial, Shanksville, Pennsylvania (under development)
★ Pentagon Memorial, Pentagon (under development)
★ Tribute in Light, World Trade Center site (temporary performance)
External links
★ Take Back The Memorial website
★ About Take Back the Memorial
★ Westchester Housewife, WSJ Story on Debra Burlingame and the struggle over the IFC, October 1 2005
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