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World's largest Sept. 11 exhibit to open in France Geraldine Baum / Tribune Newspapers | April 13, 2008 PARIS — On the shores of Normandy where thousands of Americans died in the cataclysm that was D-Day, a museum that aims to be more than a collection of rusting relics is preparing to commemorate another day that changed the world: Sept. 11, 2001. More than 120 mementos, from building keys to a smashed vehicle, are being shipped from New York to the French city of Caen for the first such exhibition outside the United States—and the largest anywhere on the attack, its roots and aftermath. That France is playing host to the exhibit might surprise Americans who remember the "freedom fries" uproar that greeted Paris' opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. But the director of the Caen Memorial, a museum of conflict and peace, said the exhibit would have neither an American nor French take on events surrounding Sept. 11 but rather a global view. (Article continues below)
"The people who died in those buildings were from 16 countries and every religion," museum director Stephane Grimaldi said. "It was an attack against America. It was an attack against democracy and human rights. We want to tell that story." The exhibit, titled "A Global Moment," is expected to open June 6 at the museum, which was built to remember those who died on D-Day in 1944 and in the Battle of Normandy that followed. CLICK ON THE BANNER TO BUY TERRORSTORM IN |
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