Those interested in celebrating their freedoms to commemorate Sept. 11 may contribute to the Tarble Arts Center’s temporary shrine today and tomorrow.

Beginning at 10 a.m. today, the center will be accepting flowers, poems, art work, flags, photographs and any other mementos that symbolize freedom in remembrance of the horrific events of one year ago, a press release stated.

The exhibit is titled, “Celebrate America’s Freedoms: A Day of Remembrance.”

Kit Morice, curator of education for the Tarble Arts Center, began setting up for the shrine Monday. The center set up a backdrop for the shrine, but participants can bring any item of personal significance for the community to view.

“The purpose of the shrine is not only to remember victims but to celebrate our freedoms as Americans-freedom to assemble, freedom to express ourselves, freedom to worship as we choose-all the freedoms we hold dear,” Morice said.

Creating a shrine is part of an effort by museums across the United States to reaffirm and examine our freedoms, the press release stated.

The Tarble Arts Center staff will pick up materials from area schools to be incorporated into the shrine, but members of the community must drop off their mementos at the center, located on 9th St. and Cleveland Ave.

The center will be accepting contributions today and Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. If people continue to contribute, Morice said, the shrine will remain up for the rest of the week.