A Quote From Virgil at the Museum
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2014-10-10
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On a concrete wall that separates visitors from a repository holding the unidentified remains of victims of the September 11 attacks, is a quote of Virgil�s: �No day shall erase you from the memory of time.� From end to end. The sentence stretches 60 feet. The sentiment is one of solemnity, remembrance; at first glance, Virgil�s words seem a fitting commemorative for the lives lost that day. But put back in the literary context from which it was pulled�Book 9 of the Aeneid�the quote becomes somewhat more macabre.
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A Quote From Virgil, The National September 11 Memorial Museum, National September 11 Memorial Museum, National September 11 Memorial, World Trade Center, Rebuilding the World Trade Center Site, 911, September 11 2001, National September 11, Museum, Terror Attack, Attack, New York City, Manhattan, NYC, New York, NY, New York State, NYS, The Empire State, Financial Center, Never Forget
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