Scholars of collective memory have long argued that that societies do not remember the past simply by preserving it
Scholars of collective memory have long argued that that societies do not remember the past simply by preserving it
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September 8, 2026 6:00AM (EDT)
Workers clean a wall at the 9/11 Memorial Museum as it prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on September 01, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
This article was originally published on The Conversation.
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