Ford’s Theatre to Host 9/11 Anniversary Panel on Leadership
Ford’s Theatre will host a September 29 panel marking 25 years since the September 11 attacks. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mitch E. Daniels Jr., and Norah O’Donnell are set to discuss leadership, resilience, and remembrance. The conversation will also address how to pass on 9/11’s lessons to people born after the attacks.
The Ford’s Theatre event is set for 6 p.m. on Sept. 29. It will look at leadership choices after the 2001 attacks, bravery in the aftermath, and ongoing healing and remembrance.
Panelists include Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mitch E. Daniels Jr., and Norah O’Donnell. Clinton has been secretary of state, a senator, and first lady; Daniels led Indiana for two terms and served as Purdue’s president; O’Donnell is a CBS News correspondent. The discussion also considers how to share 9/11’s lessons with people born later.
This panel may encourage public reflection on how crisis leadership is remembered and taught, especially for younger audiences with no direct memory of 9/11. Attendees and viewers could encounter varied perspectives from politics, academia, and journalism, potentially shaping civic conversations about resilience and unity. Its impact may remain modest as a single commemorative event, but it could help bridge generational gaps in understanding and prompt families, schools, and cultural institutions to revisit how difficult historical lessons are conveyed.