Pentagon Memorial Benches

Several species of maple trees selected because they retain their foliage through the fall and into the winter months are clustered in the park to provide shade and a canopy light and natural beauty.

Pentagon memorial benches. The pentagon quickly rebuilt after the traumatic events of sept. The design by beckman and kaseman consisted of 184 illuminated benches arranged according to the victims ages starting with dana falkenberg age 3 to john yamnicky sr age 71 in a landscaped 193 acre 7800 m 2 plot. The 125 benches facing the pentagon including most of those in this photograph memorialize victims who died in the building. When 184 lives became intertwined.

The memorial benches face opposite directions determined by whether the victim was in the pentagon or on american airlines flight 77. The 184 souls lost in the terrorist attack at the pentagon on september 11 2001 when hijacked american airlines flight 77 crashed into the pentagon were mothers fathers husbands wives children brothers sisters coworkers flight crew friends patriots. The memorials benches are arranged facing opposite directions along the flight path of the doomed plane. The memorial is located just outside the pentagon which has limited parking meaning the best way to reach the site is to take the metrorail to the pentagon or pentagon city stops on the blue and yellow lines and walk from there.

Each bench is engraved with the name of a victim. In a stark two acre field of granite benches184 in all one for each of the victimsthe memorial unit is aligned along the flight path of flight 77 arranged along a timeline according to the victims ages and whether they were onboard flight 77 or were in the pentagon building. Son visits site with dad to honor his mom. The pentagon memorial located just southwest of the pentagon in arlington county.

The public restrooms by the entrance are open from 7 am. The benches representing the. The bench nearest the entrance is dedicated to dana falkenberg who was just three years old. Visitors looking at the 59 benches memorializing those.

Benches are laid out in a pattern according to the year each victim was born. Each benchs shape and location has a meaning. The pentagon memorial captures that moment in time at 937 am. Location and getting to the pentagon memorial.

11 2001 and an important addition to the grounds is the national 911 pentagon memorial honoring those who were lost. Looking at one of these benches a visitor will see their engraved name and the pentagon in the same view. Pentagon unveils 911 memorial to honor the 184 victims killed there. The pentagon memorial is the first national memorial dedicated to honoring the 184 people whose lives were lost when hijackers flew a jetliner into the pentagon on sept.