National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial

About National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial

The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial sits just outside the Pentagon's western facade, on the spot where American Airlines Flight 77 struck the building on September 11, 2001. The memorial features 184 illuminated, cantilevered benches, each dedicated to a victim of the attack, arranged along an "age line" from the youngest victim, three-year-old Dana Falkenberg, to the oldest, 71-year-old John D. Yamnicky. Each bench faces either toward or away from the Pentagon, depending on whether the victim was on the plane or inside the building. The benches sit above small pools of flowing water, and the site is planted with 85 crape myrtle trees, one for each year of Pentagon victims' combined ages at time of design. A black granite marker at the entrance notes the moment of impact, 9:37 a.m. The memorial is free and open 24 hours a day, managed as an NPS affiliated site, with no public parking directly on-site; the nearest access is via the Pentagon Metro station.

Location

1 Rotary Road, Arlington, VA 22202

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