1001 Summer 2024 The Pentagon Memorial: It's History and Meaning

The Pentagon Memorial (formally the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial) honors the 184 people whose lives were lost at the Pentagon and on American Airlines Flight 77. Elegant and simple, it serves as a timeline of the victims’ ages, which ranged from the youngest (three years old) to the oldest (a 71-year-old Navy veteran). Each victim is honored with a cantilevered bench. The tour will be conducted by Dave Nanney, a longtime docent. Please register for the companion lecture to this trip (see F301/F301Z on Wednesday, Jun. 26). The instructor will discuss the attack, the sequence of events, how the memorial came about, and why it was positioned as it is). Note: parking at Pentagon South Parking Lot next to The Pentagon Memorial is allowed on weekends.