When 50 academic and public historians, archivists, librarians, and directors and staff members of museums and historical societies in NY and NJ gathered together to try and figure out what would be the best way to historically collect and represent the significance of September 11. Usually in the past historians would not think to create a website in which everybody could visit and learn about what happened, and what people had to go through during the terrible attacks. But I really respect the decision to create this digital archive because for generations to come, it would be much easier to access this kind of information with such personal stories. Allowing people to post their own experiences and thoughts about what happened really gave the site a purpose. I believe that the historians that came together to create this have captured in essence what a historian in 50 years would look back and see how this day effected everybody.
Other reasons why I thought the website was strong was because they gave us primary sources, videos, pictures, everything that would help a future historian figure out how the American people felt during that day. Some of the weaknesses of the site however were that almost everything on the website was a link that led you to another site, it would have been nice just to be able to press a section and scroll down. Another weakness i thought was how to website looked overall, if i was the graphic designer i would have made this website more patriot or even just more graphic in general. I think this website was great and really captured what people felt on 9/11
