Recipient of the Connecticut League of History Organizations’ 2008 Award of Merit.

2,973 people were unimaginably lost as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Among those victims, 152 were Connecticut’s own. The CHS presents a special traveling exhibition that looks at how Connecticut’s citizens have responded and reflected on this contemporary tragedy. The exhibit includes the “Connecticut Remembers” Memorial Board, photographs, memory objects, audio/video stations, and Connecticut’s 9/11 Memorial Library.

This exhibit will travel every fall until 2010. If your institution, organization, or company is interested in hosting this important exhibit, download a pdf document detailing the exhibit’s content, components, and spacial requirements. Venues will be listed as they are confirmed.

Presented with the support of Liz and Steven Goldstone and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

September 11, 2001: Connecticut Responds and Reflects will be installed in the following venues and admission is free. For questions regarding the exhibit, please call Anne Guernsey, Exhibit Developer, The CHS, (860)236-5621 ext. 256.

2006:	The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
2007:	Westport, CT Click here to see the installation.
2008:	Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association Suffield, CT August 24 - September 28, 2008
2009:	The Brookfield Museum and Historical Society Brookfield, CT Wheelchair accessible August 22-October 25, 2009 Hours: Sat. and Sun.: 10:00 am-4:00 pm Wed. 12:00 pm-4:00 pm Thurs. 12:00 pm-4:00 pm Also available by appointment. **The exhibit will be open to the public on Monday, 9/11/09.**
2010:	To be determined

Connecticut’s 9/11 Memorial Library

This archival collection honors the lives of Connecticut’s 152 victims. Each binder has photographs, information, and materials pertaining to the life of a victim.

 
To contribute to these binders, please contact us at exhibits@chs.org. The Library is currently on view at the CHS. We invite you to visit and learn about the 152 Connecticut victims.

Connecticut’s 9/11 Oral History Project

Where were you on 9/11? If you would like to offer your story and be considered for an interview, please contact us at exhibits@chs.org. These interviews are available to listen to in our Library.

 Listen to a short sample of Red Cross Volunteer BJ Crown’s interview...

Connecticut’s 9/11 Objects

Soon after 9/11, the East Brooklyn, CT, Fire Department painted this sign and posted it outside their fire station to help raise money for a relief fund. In October 2006, they generously donated the sign to the CHS.

Do you have something you would like to contribute?

If you have a objects, ephemera, photographs, videos or films pertaining to 9/11, please write to us at exhibits@chs.org.