Victims Memorial Quilt

This is showing the quilt that was created in honor of the lives lost due to 9/11.

After the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 many artist created artwork that expressed their feelings. Art was a way for individuals to let out their emotions about the events happening on 9/11. Art during this time was a way to remember and honor those who lost their lives during the plane crashing into the Twin Towers. The art that was produced during this time came in different mediums. Some artist captured photos, while other painted. Jeannie Ammermann created the idea of making a quilt to honor and remember the victims of 9/11.

Bill Doyle helped compose the quilt along with Jeannie Ammermann. Ammermann describes the quilt as, “privileging the names and faces of those killed, the quilts would honor both the individuality and diversity of those who were killed,”. The creation for the quilt was something that Bill Doyle would take part in because 9/11 is very near and dear to him after loosing his son, Joseph Doyle who was in the North Tower on September 11.

The quilt is very large and has such a great deal of details added into it. According to “Victims’ Memorial Quilt Retires for Preservation” published by 9/11 Memorial and Museum, it states that “America’s 9/11 Victims Quilt is 60-foot-wide tribute to those killed, accented with narrative symbols and arranged according to where their lives ended or their responder affiliations. The impact of this three-panel quilt derives from its testament to the breadth and diversity of humanity reflected in 9/11’s death toll. The names and portrait images of the victims are arranged on the quilt. They are arranged into groupings by company, flight and responder agency. Due to Bill Doyle’s association with 9/11 he was able to get pictures and other contributions for the quilt from families and companies.