Here are some of the ways southern Wisconsin is observing 9/11
ANNA HANSEN
Updated
A flag display on Bascom Hill last year honors those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Twenty-five years after 9/11, many teachers struggle with how to make the events of that day relevant to students who weren’t born yet, just as previous generations learned of cataclysmic events that defined their parents’ and grandparents' eras.
The attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, happened many hundreds of miles from Wisconsin, but their impact was felt throughout the world. Despite the 25 years that have passed, the memories of those who bore witness to that day’s events remain vivid. On Friday, the 25th anniversary of the attacks, many Wisconsinites will gather in somber remembrance of those lost. Here are some of the ways the state is marking the day.
Madison native Rachael Hugo, a combat medic who was killed in Iraq in 2007, is featured in a Wisconsin Veterans Museum banner exhibit ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Hugo’s journey as a military first responder ties into stories of the first responders killed in the attacks.
Visitors to the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial & Education Center in Kewaskum on Aug. 26 look at a beam that was recovered from the World Trade Center towers destroyed in 2001 terrorist attacks.
Visitors to the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial & Education Center in Kewaskum on Aug. 26 look at a beam that was recovered from the World Trade Center towers destroyed in 2001 terrorist attacks.
A flag display on Bascom Hill last year honors those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Twenty-five years after 9/11, many teachers struggle with how to make the events of that day relevant to students who weren’t born yet, just as previous generations learned of cataclysmic events that defined their parents’ and grandparents' eras.
Madison native Rachael Hugo, a combat medic who was killed in Iraq in 2007, is featured in a Wisconsin Veterans Museum banner exhibit ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Hugo’s journey as a military first responder ties into stories of the first responders killed in the attacks.
