Showing posts with label 9/11. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 9/11. Show all posts

Friday, September 10, 2010

In honor of 9/11

Today I think it's important to remind ourselves that we live in a country that guarantees freedom of religion and that our forefathers came here principally to exercise that freedom along with many others.

I wanted to post the Declaration of Independence on parchment paper which I bought back in the 60s but I couldn't figure out a way to fit it on my scanner. But I could fit Lincoln's Gettysburg Address so I posted it. It is part of 4 documents of freedom and is considered an authenticated reproduction and printed on antiqued parchment.



While I feel for all the families who lost members on 9/11 (my husband was there on that day and was lucky to get out alive), I think it's necessary to remind everyone about religious tolerance.

As the President said, if they were going to build a Christian church near Ground Zero or a synagogue, would you say No to it?

Lincoln believed that ALL the people of the United States are entitled to ALL the freedoms stated in the Declaration of Independence.

Friday, September 11, 2009

9/11

This sculpture* caught my eye a couple of weeks back and I thought of nothing else but the World Trade Center. By the title and date of the work, I  knew the sculptor didn't have it in mind when he created the piece, but I certainly did when I looked at it.
I post it today in remembrance.

*Triad, 1993 Elyn Zimmerman