Iconic Ground Zero photo was nearly excluded from museum for being too ‘rah-rah’ American

By Melissa Klein July 28, 2013 

U.S.EH? This iconic Ground Zero image was seen as too “vehemently” American by some 9/11 Museum staffers. Photo: AP / Copyright 2001, The Record / Thomas E. Franklin

   This iconic picture of firefighters raising the stars and stripes in the rubble of Ground Zero was nearly excluded from the 9/11 Memorial Museum — because it was “rah-rah” American, a new book says.

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