American flag recovered from the World Trade Center
date: label: associated date
content: 2002 - 09 through 2006
notes: label: Description
content: Description: This badly damaged American flag was found by a recovery worker in the World Trade Center debris at the Staten Island recovery site.
label: Description
content: Context: The dominant symbol to emerge from the September 11 tragedy was the American flag. Raised over the World Trade Center ruins and hung from the damaged Pentagon, the flag became a powerful symbol of patriotism, survival, and resilience. Many Americans, who at one time had rejected overt displays of patriotism, returned to flying the flag at home, at work, even from their cars. The shared symbolism of the meaning of the flag helped unite Americans in a time of crisis. Only a few American flags from the World Trade Center survived the attacks of September 11, 2001.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: recovery site
content: United States: New York, Fresh Kills
label: recovered
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
title: label: Title
content: American flag recovered from the World Trade Center
topic: label: associated subject
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
label: related event
content: Attack on the World Trade Center
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
label: See more items in
content: September 11
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0007.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0007
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0007.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flag
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: synthetic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 109 cm x 71 cm; 42 15/16 in x 27 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall (on board): 29 in x 45 in x 1 in; 73.66 cm x 114.3 cm x 2.54 cm