The Roots & Legacy of 9/11

Many who experienced life in the United States both before and after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, would agree that “9/11 changed everything.” The cultural, political, and social impacts felt as a result of the largest terrorist attack to ever occur on American soil were, indeed, sweeping. Though each person has experienced these changes in different ways, in many respects, the United States hasn’t been the same since the attacks, and it is fair to say we may never be the same again.

This website explores the many ways in which the events of 9/11 have impacted the United States. Although the goal of this site is to explore the aftermath of the attacks, rather than the attacks themselves, the 9/11 Memorial Museum has a minute-by-minute interactive timeline that helps to shed more light on the execution of the attacks. In addition, the "In their words . . ." section that opens the topics below does explore several first-hand narrative accounts of the day itself.

Please click on the images below, or the menu choices to the left, to explore a variety of different topics related to both the roots and legacy of the 9/11 attacks.