Leftists Reject 911 Symbol of American Resolve

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An iconic photograph of firefighters raising the American flag amidst the rubble of Ground Zero was nearly excluded from the 9-11 Memorial Museum because staff members considered it too kitschy and “rah-rah” American, a new book alleges.

Michael Shulan, the museum’s creative director, was among staffers who considered the Tom Franklin photograph too kitschy and “rah-rah America,” according to “Battle for Ground Zero” (St. Martin’s Press) by Elizabeth Greenspan, out next month, the New York Post reported.

“I really believe that the way America will look best, the way we can really do best, is to not be Americans so vigilantly and so vehemently,” Shulan said.

Greenspan writes that eventually they reached a compromise – minimizing the iconic shot in favor of three different photographs from three different angles of the flag-raising scene.

“Several images undercut the myth of ‘one iconic moment,’ Ramirez said, and suggest instead an event from multiple points of view, like the attacks more broadly,” the book says.

“Shulan didn’t like three photographs more than he liked one, but he went along with it.”

Shulan told The Post he didn’t know that the way Greenspan described the discussion about the photographs “is the way that I would have.”

“My concern, as it always was, is that we not reduce [9/11] down to something that was too simple, and in its simplicity would actually distort the complexity of the event, the meaning of the event,” he said.

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So, my question is, will they be asking to remove stature of the Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima in Washington DC for it being to Rah Rah American?  How about Washington and Lincoln Memorials?  Hell, they might as well bring down the Stars and Stripes and put up a flag with Obama's logo on it, instead.  The American Flag is probably way too Rah Rah American for these people.

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