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9/11 Museum CEO Marks Twin Milestones as America Turns 250

7/5/2026

Hillman, President and CEO of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, said America's 250th anniversary carries particular weight this year because it coincides with the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The attacks — carried out by hijackers who struck the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania — killed nearly 3,000 people.

Hillman told Fox News Digital that events at the museum's Lower Manhattan site are now directly tied to the nation's broader historical reckoning.

A Generation That Doesn't Remember The generational gap is central to the museum's current mission.

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