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More September Key Educational 11 Visits & ExperiencesVisits9/11 Tribute CenterSelf-guided visit to museum galleries - learn about the events of 9/11 throughauthentic personal experiences. Five immersive environments detailedbelow provide first person perspective through videos, artifacts, photos andpersonal stories. 9/11 Memorial Guided Tours also available with this visit –guided by those who personally experienced the events.9/11 Tribute Center Education Program- ‘My September 11 Experience’Students will tour the museum galleries to experience the impact of 9/11through the stories of those who were there. Primary sources include: videos,artifacts, images, oral histories. After touring the galleries, students mayspeak with a Tribute Guide who will share their personal 9/11 experience andinspire a dialogue about the future.September 11 Memorial VisitHonouring those who died, the Memorial allows visitors to come togetheragain in the spirit of unity and courage that emerged in the wake of 9/11.The Memorial consists of two pools set in the footprints of the Twin Towers,surrounded by a plaza of more than 400 trees. The names of the victims areinscribed in bronze around the pools.The National September 11 Memorial MuseumDue to open in 2014, the museum will explore the implications of theevents of 9/11, documenting the impact of those events and exploring 9/11’scontinuing significance. It will demonstrate the consequences of terrorismon individual lives and its impact on communities at local, national andinternational level. The museum is growing a permanent collection ofartifacts, stories, photos, video and other materials.9/11 Police Officers’ Personal StoriesNew & exclusiveHear firsthand accounts from the heroes who came to help on that day,including police officers who volunteered to go into the burning towers, whopulled victims from the rubble, and who cared for the injured and dying –and who still live with the emotional scars. Officers who responded to the9/11 scene will speak and answer your students’ questions.Political History USA | New YorkEssential Civil Rights ExperiencesLiving History - Meet a Veteran of the Civil RightsMovement<strong>NST</strong> has developed links with key figures within the Civil Rights Movementwho would like to share their unique experiences with our groups. Spendan hour in the presence of men and women who worked and campaignedalongside Martin Luther King and gain an electrifying experience that few,whether students or staff, will ever forget.Harlem Civil Rights TourConsisting of a multimedia bus/walking tour or a guided walking tour, thisexperience takes you to the heart of the Civil Rights Movement in Harlem andto the very sites where history happened.Call our dedicated History tours team for more details on a Civil Rightsthemed tour.Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering I Have a Dream at the 1963 Washington D.C.Civil Rights March.Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., Leaders marching from the WashingtonMonument to the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963Call 0845 671 0072 (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm) | Visit nstgroup.co.uk 69

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