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PEN911_080913_066.JPG: The seats facing the Pentagon (the names are on the lifted up portion) are people who died in the Pentagon (most the names show ranks and such). The seats facing away from the Pentagon are the people who died on the jet (some of these have names under the water of related members of their family who died in the attack).
PEN911_080913_143.JPG: Each of the seats has a hidden water control which they have to check periodically. Topside, the water flows toward the front of the seat. It goes down a drain, into a heated treatment area, and then is recycled back out from the back of the seat.
PEN911_080913_156.JPG: Every row of seats is identified with the birth year of the dead
PEN911_080913_181.JPG: Paperbark Maple Trees: [apparently a temporary sign]
A main component of the Pentagon Memorial is the grove of paperbark maples that will be established over the life of the Memorial. Many of the trees that you see today have lost some of their leaves and are going through a period of street from the transplanting process. The trees are healthy, alive and as individual living things are dealing with the transplant stress in different ways. The trees have been reviewed by a master certified arborist and are showing signs of new buds that promise to show full leaf break come next spring. As time passes, the trees will adapt to their new environment and develop into hearty specimen trees with a full crown of leaves. These trees are the living part of the memorial and will grow and mature to create interest and change throughout the seasons for years to come.
PEN911_080913_638.JPG: Pentagon 9/11 memorial
PEN911_080913_654.JPG: The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial (2008).
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Wikipedia Description: Pentagon Memorial
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The Pentagon Memorial, located just southwest of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, is a permanent outdoor memorial to those killed in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Designed by Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman of the architectural firm of Kaseman Beckman Advanced Strategies, the memorial opened to the public on September 11, 2008.
Early memorials:
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, an impromptu memorial was set up on a hill at the Navy Annex, overlooking the Pentagon. People came to pay respects and place tributes. One month after the attacks, 25,000 people attended a memorial service at the Pentagon for employees and family members; speakers included President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Bush remarked, "The wound to this building will not be forgotten, but it will be repaired. Brick by brick, we will quickly rebuild the Pentagon." The American flag that hung on the Pentagon, near the damaged section, was lowered during the service.
America's Heroes Memorial:
Opened in September 2002 after Pentagon repairs were completed, the America's Heroes Memorial and chapel are located where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building.
The memorial includes a book of photographs and biographies of the victims. It also includes five large black acrylic panels: one displays the Purple Heart medal awarded to military members killed in the attacks, another shows the medal given to civilians, two back wall panels are etched with the victims' names, and a center panel shows tribute statements. The small chapel, located in an adjacent room, has stained glass windows with patriotic-themed designs.
Design and construction:
The Pentagon Memorial was constructed from a design by Beckman and Kaseman of New York City, with design support from Buro Happold, that was chosen following a design competition. To honor t ...More...
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2008 photos: Equipment this year: I was using three cameras -- the Fuji S9000 and the Canon Rebel Xti from last year, and a new camera, the Fuji S100fs. The first two cameras had their pluses and minuses and I really didn't have a single camera that I thought I could use for just about everything. But I loved the S100fs and used it almost exclusively this year.
Trips this year: (1) Civil War Preservation Trust annual conference in Springfield, Missouri , (2) a week in New York, (3) a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con, (4) a driving trip to St. Louis, and (5) a visit to dad and Dixie's in Asheville, North Carolina.
Ego strokes: A picture I'd taken last year during a Friends of the Homeless event was published in USA Today with a photo credit and everything! I became a volunteer photographer with the AFI/Silver theater.
Number of photos taken this year: 330,000.
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