Object Details
- Description
- Description: This badly damaged American flag was found by a recovery worker in the World Trade Center debris at the Staten Island recovery site.
- Context: The dominant symbol to emerge from the September 11 tragedy was the American flag. Raised over the World Trade Center ruins and hung from the damaged Pentagon, the flag became a powerful symbol of patriotism, survival, and resilience. Many Americans, who at one time had rejected overt displays of patriotism, returned to flying the flag at home, at work, even from their cars. The shared symbolism of the meaning of the flag helped unite Americans in a time of crisis. Only a few American flags from the World Trade Center survived the attacks of September 11, 2001.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 2002 - 09 through 2006
- ID Number
- 2003.0007.01
- accession number
- 2003.0007
- catalog number
- 2003.0007.01
- Object Name
- Flag
- Physical Description
- synthetic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 109 cm x 71 cm; 42 15/16 in x 27 15/16 in
- overall (on board): 29 in x 45 in x 1 in; 73.66 cm x 114.3 cm x 2.54 cm
- recovery site
- United States: New York, Fresh Kills
- recovered
- United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
- September 11
- Title
- American flag recovered from the World Trade Center
- National Museum of American History
- associated subject
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks
- related event
- September 11th Attacks
- Attack on the World Trade Center
- Record ID
- nmah_1193846
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-539f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
