Kitsap 9/11 Memorial, Bremerton, WA - 9/11 Memorial Sites on Waymarking.com

The Kitsap 9/11 Memorial, created by architect Dave Fergus, is located at the far eastern end of Evergreen Rotary Park, near the banks of the Port Washington Narrows in Bremerton, Washington. It features two twisted beams recovered from the ruins of the World Trade Center, a piece of limestone from the Pentagon, and sand from the field in Shanksville, PA, where United Flight 93 crashed. Concentric circles around the edge of the beams give a timeline of events, and a set of tiles created by local school children express through art what it means to them to be a hero.

The memorial is surrounded by 30 gingko trees to represent the 3000+ people who perished in the attacks. A single American flag rises above the monument to the east.

The Kitsap 9/11 Memorial was meant to be touched and interacted with, to help the observer to remember what happened on that particular day and never to forget the selfless acts of bravery committed by so many people, whether members of the military, police, fire and rescue, pilots, or ordinary citizens. Local VFW Post 239 voted to serve as the caretakers of these recovered beams "for eternity."

Date of Dedication: 09/11/2013 Name of organization that built the memorial: Rice Fergus Miller Architects Private or Public Monument?: Other Text on the memorial: KITSAP 9-11 MEMORIAL Dedicated to honor and remember those who fell and those who carry on May we never forget SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 WORLD TRADE CENTER ARTIFACTS #I-0037 and #I-0046 Recovered from Ground Zero in New York City, these steel beams have been donated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and PENTAGON CORNERSTONE Recovered from the crash site at The United States Pentagon in Washington, D.C., this cornerstone was donated by The Spirit of America Foundation With sincere appreciation to THE KITSAP 9-11 MEMORIAL COMMITTEE CENTRAL KITSAP FIRE AND RESCUE MAYOR PATTY LENT MEMBERS OF THE BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL BREMERTON PARKS COMMISSION ANDERSEN CONSTRUCTION RICE FERGUS MILLER ARCHITECTS AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO GENEROUSLY GAVE THEIR TIME, MONEY AND ENERGY HEREBY PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND DEDICATED THIS DAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 Physical address of memorial: 1300 Highland Avenue Bremerton, WA USA 98337 Additional coordinates: N 47° 34.358 W 122° 37.582 Website for more information: [Web Link]

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