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 World Trade Center Memorial - Ft. Carson, CO Posted by:  condor1
N 38° 44.275 W 104° 48.408
13S E 516791 N 4287711
This Bent Yet Un-Broken steel beam was part of the World Trade Center. It now sits in a place of honor at the main entrance to Fort Carson, CO..... in Patriot Park.
Waymark Code: WMADZN
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2011
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Since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, pieces of the World Trade Center building have been spread across the country have ended up across the country in different memorials including this one at Fort Carson.
This is an excerpt from the Speech given at the dedication cermony for this Bent Yet Not Broken Piece of American History. The following extract was found at www.army.mil
"Fort Carson unveiled its World Trade Center Memorial within the memorial grove area near its main gate during a dedication ceremony held June 19."
"The memorial honors the lives of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attack on the Twin Towers during the morning of Sept. 11, 2001."
Placed permanently at the site is a twisted 17-foot-long steel I-beam, once part of the Twin Towers. In front of the beam lies a plaque with words honoring the many victims of the attack."
Here is a (LINK) to the Army News release about the dedication of this memorial.
Date of Dedication: 06/19/2010
Name of organization that built the memorial: U.S. Army Ft Carson "The Mountain Post"
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Text on the memorial:
THIS STEEL BEAM ONCE STOOD AT
AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW
YORK CITY, TALL AND PROUD WITH OTHERS
LIKE IT. NOW IT STANDS HERE, TARNISHED
AND BENT, BUT UNBROKEN.
IT IS A VIVID REMINDER THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO WOULD DO US
HARM. THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO
THOSE WHO DIED IN THE ATTACKS OF
SEPTEMBER 11,2001, AS WELL AS THOSE
WHO HAVE SINCE DEFENDED OUR NATION
AND OUT WAY OF LIFE, BE THEY LIVING OR
DEAD. THE UNITED STATES ARMY WIL
ALWAYS DEFEND OUR NATION AND OUR
WAY OF LIFE AGAINST THESE AND ALL
ENEMIES. LET US NEVER FORGET THAT DAY
OR THIS PLEDGE.
Physical address of memorial:
Gate #2 (Patriot Park)
Fort Carson, CO USA
80913
Additional coordinates: Not Listed
Website for more information: Not listed
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