FIRST ON FOX — A new national push to preserve the memory of the September 11 terrorist attacks for generations too young to remember that day is launching this week ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.Starting July 1, the 9/11 Legacy Foundation will offer a free national curriculum on Freedom250.org to educate, increase awareness and encourage civic action.Built around an "Active Remembrance" model, the curriculum is designed to help participants not just learn about these historical events but also preserve these memories through community engagement.
The website features modules designed from audiences of all ages that are customizable for elementary schools, universities, families, churches, and corporations, and it maps out more than 1,100 memorial sites across the nation.Dr.Chris Meek, founder of the 9/11 Legacy Foundation, told Fox News Digital the initiative is more important now than ever, citing educational gaps, alarming online trends and declining patriotism.Only 14 states currently mandate 9/11 education in schools, he said.
Meek is also concerned by data showing American pride has hit a 25-year-low, according to Gallup, following other polling indicating many young people struggle to define the phrase, "Never Forget," along with TikTok videos sympathizing with Osama bin Laden’s 2002 "Letter to America" that racked up millions of views.The World Trade Center 9/11 memorial in New York City.(iStock)MUSLIM MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALIST PRIMARY WINNER SUGGESTED AMERICA DESERVED 9/11 IN UNEARTHED VIDEOThe release also comes just days after Colorado Democratic Socialist candidate Melat Kiros drew national headlines for saying that the 9/11 attacks were "inevitable" after U.S.
and Israeli military actions in the Middle East.Meek told Fox News Digital this curriculum combats online misinformation by sticking strictly to the documented facts surrounding that day."This is presenting all the facts, not the theories of conspiracy theories that are out there,...