Union Jack Recovered from Ground Zero
Flag recovered from Ground Zero in the wreckage of the World Trade Center, New York.
10 September 2011 - 29 May 2013
A British Union flag recovered from Ground Zero in the wreckage of the World Trade Center, New York.
The flag is two metres in width and is displayed as our In the Spotlight featured exhibit to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The flag was officially presented to Great Britain, on the first anniversary of 9/11, by the people of the United States, and it was laid on the altar of St Paul’s Cathedral in a memorial service for victims of the attacks.
A huge section of steel, 7 metres in height and weighing more than a tonne, from the World Trade Center, is also on display. Thought to be from the North Tower, the columns formed part of a window section from an external wall. The steel, distorted and twisted, is evidence of the massive force and impact of the collapse of the towers.
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The Falklands Conflict, April - June 1982
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Admiralty Message announcing the use of codename Operation Dynamo for the evacuation of the BEF, May 1940
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VE Day mug
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The Allied Campaign in North West Europe, 6 June - 7 May 1945
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Royal Proclamation on the Reduction of Domestic Bread Consumption, May 1917
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The Campaign in Italy, May 1944
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Brussels, VE Day 3
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The Battle for Crete, 20 - 31 May 1941
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Liberated from Belsen Concentration Camp, 1945
