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Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University

MYSTERIOUS: What we forget when we remember 9 11 | Mind Blowing Facts

'No Day Shall Erase You From the Memory of Time,' a phrase written by the Roman poet Virgil, is displayed on a wall at the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

For much of the past 25 years, each anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has arrived with signs and stickers reminding people to “never forget.”

I have always felt unsure about what those words mean. For those of us who were alive in 2001, forgetting the day itself is almost impossible.

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