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Pentagon Memorial Fund

 
 
 

Working closely in partnership with Verizon Foundation and Verizon Thinkfinity Content Partners National Geographic and Smithsonian National Museum of American History‚ the Pentagon Memorial Fund launched a newly redesigned Pentagon Memorial website. The new site provides teachers, school groups‚ parents, families and friends with free online resources that teach them about the memorial and its significance in our nation’s history. These online resources cover the history‚ design and construction of the memorial.


Pentagon Memorial

 

Classroom Resources

Visiting the memorial in person is not always an option, so the new website includes a robust virtual tour of the memorial through an interactive three-dimensional (3-D) experience. Supporting interactive and exceptional educational resources is core to Verizon Foundation's mission to leverage technology and our partnerships with leading education organizations like National Geographic to improve teaching and learning.

 
 
 
The Memorial

On September 11, 2001, terrorists crashed Flight 77 into the Pentagon, killing the 59 passengers on board the aircraft and 125 military and civilian personnel who were working inside the Pentagon. Shortly after the attack, the United States Congress authorized the Secretary of Defense to create a permanent memorial on the grounds of the Pentagon.



One of 184 memorial units
The Pentagon Memorial Park consists of 184 memorial units, each of which are dedicated to an individual victim by its unique placement within the collective field. The field is organized as a timeline of the victims' ages‚ spanning from the youngest, three-year-old Dana Falkenberg‚ to the oldest, 71-year-old John D. Yamnicky. Each memorial unit is located on its respective age line – thin metal strips that cross the memorial park. This ordering develops a powerful understanding of the broad range of the lives lost‚ from the youngest child to the oldest adult.
 
 
 
 
 

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The Verizon Foundation
welcomes those viewers who had the opportunity to see “A Nation Remembers.” We are proud to be part of such an outstanding project.

 
 

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"A Nation Remembers: The Official Documentary of the Pentagon Memorial," hosted by Gary Sinise, features interviews with surviving family members and high-ranking American leaders such as former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, retired General Richard Myers, and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
 
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