Events at Duke Commemorate Fifth Anniversary of Sept. 11
All of the events are free and open to the public
Monday, September 11, 2006
The following events, which are all free and open to the public, will be held at Duke University to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks:
-- At 11 a.m. Sept. 11, there will be a brief remembrance service in Keohane Quad, at the plaque that sits among the trees planted in memory of the six Duke alumni killed during the Sept. 11 attacks and of First Lieutenant Matt Lynch, a 2001 Duke graduate, who died in battle in Iraq in October 2004. Duke President Richard H. Brodhead and Chapel Dean Sam Wells will make remarks and place a wreath on the plaque. The Duke Chapel carillon will chime at 11 a.m. to honor these alumni. In addition, the chimes will be rung at 8:46 a.m., 9:01 a.m., 9:43 a.m., 9:50 a.m., 10:10 a.m. and 10:28 a.m. to commemorate when the four planes crashed and the two towers collapsed.
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-- The Franklin Center Gallery will open "Picture Mourning: Twelve Photographs by Eight Photographers." Each photograph reflects the mourning of family members or comrades. The show's opening will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11.
On Sept. 13, from noon to 1 p.m., there will be a panel discussion at the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary & International Studies on the "Picture Mourning" exhibit, featuring Duke professors Karla FC Holloway, Ariel Dorfman and James Tulsky. The center is at 2204 Erwin Road.
-- A three-day film series, sponsored by several Duke units, will be held. The first film, “Underexposure,” is the first feature made on location in Baghdad after the fall of Saddam Hussein. It will be shown at 8 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Richard White Lecture Hall, on Duke's East Campus.
On Sept. 12, “Road to Guantanamo” will be shown at 8 p.m. in the Bryan Center’s Griffith Film Theater. The film follows three British friends who trekked from their hometown in Tipton to a wedding in Pakistan, into Afghanistan to offer relief help from bombing raids, then finally to Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. Following the film, there will be a panel discussion with Duke professors Miriam Cooke, Jane Gaines, Bruce Lawrence, Madeline Morris, Negar Mottahedeh and David Schanzer.
On Sept. 13, “Iraq in Fragments” will be shown beginning at 8 p.m. in the Griffith Film Theater. The award-winning documentary looks at the war in Iraq from Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish viewpoints.
There are no admissions charges, and the films are open to the public.
-- In addition to these official events, Duke students are organizing several Sept. 11-related events. There will be a memorial service at 8 p.m. on the new student plaza in front of the Bryan Center with representatives from the Durham Fire Department and the U.S. Armed Services, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Durham City Councilman Mike Woodard, Duke Vice President of Student Affairs Larry Moneta and The Rev. Sam Wells, dean of the Duke Chapel. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held in Duke Chapel.
The student-organized events also include:
- A display in the Bryan Center Student Union marking the attacks and sharing the stories of its victims;
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Display of 2,997 American flags on the main quad in front of the Duke Chapel, with one flag for each person who died on Sept. 11;
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Distribution of thousands of American flag lapel pins on campus;
- A symbolic fire truck and police car parked in front of the chapel, with more police and fire vehicles arriving at the commencement of the evening service.
For more information, contact Duke students Adam Zell (amz4@duke.edu) and Stephen Miller (s.miller@duke.edu).
